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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Jan 6, 2006 23:48:12 GMT -5
Yeah.
The BBC did a serial version for television back in.......O...i think the late 70s or early 80s.....three three hour sections I think...I have the VHS at home. My kids love it.
there was also a cartoon version done back then as well.
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Post by Cara Drume on Jan 7, 2006 10:53:27 GMT -5
The BBC version came out in 1989.
I watched it a few weeks ago and saw the copyright.
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Post by JediMistressDragon on Jan 7, 2006 15:00:30 GMT -5
Hubby and i saw it on opening day. Yeah, I recognized that voice of Aslan's off the bat. LOL Yeah, it's a keeper for my DVD collection.
JMD
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Post by Cem-Ji Pobroo on Jan 24, 2006 16:06:48 GMT -5
Saw it with Karm during Christmas break. Great adaptation. I loved Liam as Aslan. Bad part was that even Karm commented on how there was this huge battle and not one drop of blood anywhere. Not even on Asland when he was lying dead on the Stone Table. Probably no blood shown since Disney did it. I saw this too and thought it was great. I knew right away Liam did Aslan's voice. Makes me want to read the books. Definitely a keeper for the DVD library. |
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Post by himiko sabbrawrra on Jan 24, 2006 16:13:37 GMT -5
Advantage of working at Blockbuster.. I can make sure I get a DVD to buy when it comes out. I loved the movie. Will be interesting to see the other movies
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Jan 28, 2006 0:14:35 GMT -5
I heard they have started Pre prod. on Prince Caspian.
We went to a midnight showing on opening day, loved it, loved the Liam Neeson expressions that they managed to get on Aslan's facial movwments.
As for the costumes, I think they were meant to look like the book illustrations from the early printings, I think that's what they made me think of more than anything else, I had a lot of books as a kid that were illustrated by an artist whose name I can't think of at the moment, but the costumes reminded me of his illustrations alot, mostly they were fantasy or tales of medieval heros, or myths and legends sort of things.
I will be getting this on DVD, I also want to go see it again on a big screen.
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Post by Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar on Jan 28, 2006 6:04:44 GMT -5
OOooo cool. Does that mean they'll eventually do all of them? I was hoping for "A Horse and His Boy" next...
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Post by JediKai on Jan 28, 2006 23:33:11 GMT -5
Rumor was that if LW&W did well, they'd do more, or all.
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Post by Xana on Jan 29, 2006 12:37:46 GMT -5
Cool. I never got through all the books, so I'll be happy to see them made into movies.
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on Jan 29, 2006 21:10:02 GMT -5
The Roomer I've heard is that they will do Book 4 next as it is the same characters are book 2 but just a year or two later.
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Jan 29, 2006 23:41:04 GMT -5
I heard it was the same kids, so whichever title they fit i guess, my friend told me, but I've never read them, I might have the title wrong.
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on Feb 2, 2006 21:46:15 GMT -5
"Potter," "Narnia" Set for Sequels
By Gina Serpe
E! Online
Thu Feb 2, 5:37 PM ET
Welcome back, Potter...and Narnia, too.
The studios behind both the Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia series announced Thursday that the respective franchises' fifth and second installments are ready to roll cameras.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth adaptation of J.K. Rowling's beloved boy wizard adventures, is set to start filming in England next week, according to Warner Bros.
In this go-round, Potter returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to find the school turning a blind eye to his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. He decides to take matters into his own hands and begins to form an army of students, whom he trains to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson again reprise their roles as Harry, Ron and Hermione, while British director David Yates is on board to helm the adventure.
New to the cast is Vera Drake's Imelda Staunton, who stars as Ministry of Magic toadie Dolores Umbridge, The Interpreter's George Harris as the auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, Casanova's Helen McCrory as Voldemort lackey Bellatrix Lestrange and 14-year-old Irish newcomer Evanna Lynch, who beat out 15,000 hopefuls for the role Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw student who becomes an ally of Potter's.
The fourth installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has grossed nearly $879.6 million worldwide, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. All of the previous Potter films have grossed upward of the $800 million mark, with the first adaptation, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, racking up a franchise-high $976.5 million to date.
And there's more where that came from.
Rowling released the sixth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, last July, while the seventh and final installment is expected by the end of the year.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is slated for a 2007 release, but there is no word whether it will be a summer or holiday movie.
Seven is also the magic number for C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series, though the sequence of the books is widely debated among fans. The first big-screen adaptation, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, though the first of the Narnia books to be published, is chronologically the second book in the fantasy series.
It's just-announced sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, is often cited either the fourth or fifth book chronologically, though it was the second installment to be printed.
In any case, Disney and Walden Media have again hired Andrew Adamson to produce, direct and write the movie along with original scribes Christopher Markus and Steve McFeeley. The entire principal cast is also set to return.
"Making The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe couldn't have been a more rewarding experience, not just in terms of creative achievement and audience response, but also because of the family we formed during production," said Adamson in a press release.
"Prince Caspian not only gives me an opportunity to challenge my imagination with another classic story, it also allows me to work alongside the many talented artists who contributed to the first film, and of course to collaborate again with [the children]."
Much like Warner Bros. and Harry Potter, the Narnia brain trust is hoping to ramp up production on the sequels before the young lead stars--William Moseley (Peter), Anna Popplewell (Susan), Skandar Keynes (Edmund) and Georgie Henley (Lucy)--outgrow their characters.
In Prince Caspian, the four Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where 1,000 years have passed since they last left. The children are enlisted to once again help ward off a villain, this time an evil king, and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, released just before Christmas, has already grossed $634.4 million worldwide, per BoxOfficeMojo.com, and shows little signs of slacking. The film has yet to fall out of the top 10 at the North American box office. Earlier this week, the film nabbed three Academy Award nominations, for makeup, sound mixing and visual effects.
Prince Caspian is set for a Christmas 2007 release.
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Post by Xana on Feb 2, 2006 23:12:01 GMT -5
1,000 years pass in Narnia? That should be interesting.
Another Harry Potter film..... cool.
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Feb 5, 2006 21:06:02 GMT -5
Not until 2007? Drat! As long as they do them.
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Post by himiko sabbrawrra on Feb 6, 2006 0:13:01 GMT -5
Thers many movies I want made from books...
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