Likely surprising very few, the Narnia film franchise, or at least the next one, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, has found a new home after being dropped by Disney last month. Variety Reports that Fox will distribute and co-finance the film under their “Fox 2000″ division. Walden Media, the owners of the license, already had a working relationship with 20th Century Fox through the shared and appropriately named Fox Walden label. Nothing is in stone yet as far as script and the ever important money question go, but the studios hope to start filming this summer for a 2010 holiday season release. Prince Caspian finished as the #10 grosser at the Box Office last year, and Dawn Treader has a lot of the magic and fantastic aspects missing from the second book/film, which the studios hope will drive higher earnings.
The principal cast, including Ben Barnes as Caspian, Skandar Keynes as Edmund, and Georgie Henley as Lucy are all signed on to return, and casting for the other roles has already moved forward.
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January 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am
This is good news.
The production value has been superb on these movies. And they’ve been really enjoyable to watch.
Hope they can keep up the quality at Fox.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Here’s hoping a different team can produce a movie that is both better and more in align with the book than Prince Caspian was.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
I don’t suppose Warner Brothers ever had hold of the rights for a long enough time that they could sue Fox for them huh?
Just wonderin’…
January 29th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I thought that the 2nd movie was better than the first one; the thing was that I did not get to see it in the theaters. Not sure about anyone else but I felt it was not as well promoted as the first movie was.
January 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Personally, I’d rather they wait about 5 years, then start over and do the whole thing right. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe had a few good moments, but overall wasn’t great, and Prince Caspian was pretty much unwatchable. Note to Fox: Narnia is NOT Lord of the Rings.
January 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
here’s hoping #3 will be better then the borefest of #2…
January 29th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Hmm… is this the SAME Fox that nickels and dimes every production, pulls creative control AWAY from creative types and places it directly in the hands of executives, and has cheapened/pissed on/generally wrecked every franchise they’ve put their grubby mitts on?
Wow… can’t WAIT for the next film!
January 29th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I think the “Dawn Trader” will have difficulty achieving box office success, due to its somewhat quirky storyline in comparison to the two previous movies/books. In that respect Disney did wisely in pulling the plug!
I still think the “Dawn Trader” has the most potential of the books in making an awesome movie
January 30th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Geez, I was happy with the prospect of this movie series dying. The last movie just left me angry at the end, so I won’t be seeing any more of them.
January 31st, 2009 at 11:30 am
Gald to hear it will survive. My wife and I love the movie series. The bigger battle in Prince Caspian were awesome. Eddie Izzard and Peter Dinklige(sp?) stole their respective scenes. The two remaing kids Edmund and Lucy are the most interesting so I’m glad the actors are signed back on. Very happy it won’t go the way of other book-to-movie childern’s fanatasies of late.
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