http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i13db0577bde6c55bae3ef6b6b0397e0f
Prince Caspian didn't do that badly did it? Talk about jumping the gun. I guess it's time for Little Mermaid 4 and Mulan 3!
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Disney won't make the Third Chronicles of Narnia film
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i13db0577bde6c55bae3ef6b6b0397e0f
Prince Caspian didn't do that badly did it? Talk about jumping the gun. I guess it's time for Little Mermaid 4 and Mulan 3!
I find that story suspect...
"The key players of the second installment, "Prince Caspian" -- Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell -- were to return for the third film."
Sorry, but William Moseley and Anna Popplewell's characters werent even IN the 3rd book. Also, Narnia isnt a TRILOGY. Its 7 books, 5 of which are unskippable.
"The key players of the second installment, "Prince Caspian" -- Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell -- were to return for the third film."
Sorry, but William Moseley and Anna Popplewell's characters werent even IN the 3rd book. Also, Narnia isnt a TRILOGY. Its 7 books, 5 of which are unskippable.
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One key problem with the first one was spoilers...
...having Aslan swoop in and save everyone at the end with his reinforcements. I don't care if it's in the book. You just don't do that in a movie...especially right after you did it in the LAST movie. He's literally a deus ex machina on four legs.
...having Aslan swoop in and save everyone at the end with his reinforcements. I don't care if it's in the book. You just don't do that in a movie...especially right after you did it in the LAST movie. He's literally a deus ex machina on four legs.
- hadn't thought of that, but you're right in a way. I'm waiting until I see a few more corroborations before I start mentioning this story. not that I disbelieve Hollywood Reporter necessarily. But it'd sure help if someone else said so in addition to them. I wonder if Skander Keynes is going to remain involved, since he's the only one of the Pevensie actors not mentioned. While I admit mentioning Mosely and Popplewell makes the story a bti questionable, I wouldn't say it completely discredits it. True that Peter and Susan don't appear in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", but it wouldn't be a stretch to think that the writers would change that a bit to connect with the previous movies.
If Disney isn't involved though... who might step up and take their place?
No it really isn't.
For financial reasons it actually makes a lot of sense.
It's their own fault for trying to jump on the LOTR fantasy bandwagon. Neither CoN movies had any heart or soul and were basically big CGI splashfests. I really couldn't stand either.
Really? Neither one of them put me to sleep unlike the LotR tril.
A Horse and His Boy can be skipped. Are you thinking of The Silver Chair or The Magician's Nephew for the other skippable one? Or possibly even The Last Battle?
And you can see the first three books as a trilogy; Lewis intended to end the series with Dawn Treader, and it can function as a finale on its own.
If they knew Harry Potter was too be delayed then I'm sure they would have released it around now.
I thought the series was several books long. It's only three? The last movie made money, just cut the insane budget by $50 million, plan the release better and make the finale part! Like they aren't gonig to make even more money from the DVDs.
It's Disney, I'm not shocked at all.
I thought the series was several books long. It's only three? The last movie made money, just cut the insane budget by $50 million, plan the release better and make the finale part! Like they aren't gonig to make even more money from the DVDs.
It's Disney, I'm not shocked at all.
"The Chronicles of Narnia" is a series of seven books.
Book 1- 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Book 2 - "Prince Caspian"
Book 3 - "Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
Book 4 - "The Silver Chair"
Book 5 - "A Horse and His Boy"
Book 6 - "The Magician's Nephew"
Book 7 - "The Last Battle".
Most feel that two of them are not really all that critical to the overall story, though many of us still like to keep them in the whole set as they provide a more complete story overall. The first four happen in chronological sequence. Books 5 occurs during the timeframe of Book 1. Book 6 occurs prior to book 1. Book 7 occurs at the very end of it all.
Book 1- 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Book 2 - "Prince Caspian"
Book 3 - "Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
Book 4 - "The Silver Chair"
Book 5 - "A Horse and His Boy"
Book 6 - "The Magician's Nephew"
Book 7 - "The Last Battle".
Most feel that two of them are not really all that critical to the overall story, though many of us still like to keep them in the whole set as they provide a more complete story overall. The first four happen in chronological sequence. Books 5 occurs during the timeframe of Book 1. Book 6 occurs prior to book 1. Book 7 occurs at the very end of it all.
exactly!!!
Waiting to release the DVD around the same time as Dark Knight was another bad marketing more on their part.
It's as if they didn't want anyone to see the second film.
You've got to remember, for the production company, distributor and theatres to make any money the box office receipts have to be much higher than just the budget, in some cases they've got to be 150-200% higher. A movie might cost 150 million to make, bring in 200 million and still be a financial failure for most involved.
The first movie definitely made money, but the second looks lucky to have made anything at all. If it did, it wasn't much, possibly not worth the time and investment to the parties involved. Couple that with the downword trend in the series' ticket sales and it's not hard to understand why they didn't want to get in on the next one.
That being said it will probably still get made by someone, somehow, as it's suggested in the article.
The first movie definitely made money, but the second looks lucky to have made anything at all. If it did, it wasn't much, possibly not worth the time and investment to the parties involved. Couple that with the downword trend in the series' ticket sales and it's not hard to understand why they didn't want to get in on the next one.
That being said it will probably still get made by someone, somehow, as it's suggested in the article.
My hunch is that a lot of people who checked out the first film did not care for what they saw and did not bother to see the second. Those with no real prior knowledge of the books. I am one of those people!
There have been rumors of Disney backing out of this deal for a while. This is not unexpected at all.
This blog reported on Disney's hesitation about doing further Narnia films a month ago.
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/11/17/monday-mouse-watch-waiting-for-the-dawn.aspx
There have been rumors of Disney backing out of this deal for a while. This is not unexpected at all.
This blog reported on Disney's hesitation about doing further Narnia films a month ago.
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/11/17/monday-mouse-watch-waiting-for-the-dawn.aspx
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292 million to 141 million is one hell of a drop for the sequel, for is essentially a preplanned series. That's literally half.
By comparison, each LOTR movie made more than the last.
Narnia didn't even need that, it just needed to keep on a hold on a stronger amount of people from Lion. 200 million domestic gross woulda done it imo.
Anyways the Narnia movies just aren't that good, that's the problem. Someone called them soulless, which I think is more or less a good description. I mean, yes they are watchable enough, but I forgot about them a day after I watched them.
By comparison, each LOTR movie made more than the last.
Narnia didn't even need that, it just needed to keep on a hold on a stronger amount of people from Lion. 200 million domestic gross woulda done it imo.
Anyways the Narnia movies just aren't that good, that's the problem. Someone called them soulless, which I think is more or less a good description. I mean, yes they are watchable enough, but I forgot about them a day after I watched them.
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