Narnia Lives!

I have always been a fan of C.S. Lewis' Narnia series, and it was great to see the books finally come to the silver screen in a film version directed by Andrew Adamson. Of course, both have now been brought to TV as well. The first film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was a well-performed movie that earned $745 million for Disney at the box office. The second film, Prince Caspian, was not so well received and earned $420 at the box office (which sounds good until you consider the film itself cost about $200 million to make).

Recent press stories indicate that Disney has pulled out of the third film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Luckily, 20th Century Fox has stepped in to take over the project. According to a TV Guide story, Fox and Walden will split the $140 million production budget and get the film out in time for the 2010 holidays. This is great news since it would have been sad if only 2 of the 7 books made it onto the screen.

Note: BBC Films has already made the first three books into movies, and a few animated versions are out there, so this is not really the first time the books have been interpreted for the screen. The Disney version just happens to be the first wide-distribution of the films.