Disney no longer a part of Narnia

[Lepidopterous]

"Disney Pulls Out of Third Narnia Film"

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51523

I guess this blows off our guarantee for a quality blu-ray...?

[kaliraver]

Damn that blows...

[_Bolt_]

****s up the Dawn. Theres no way its good

[assydingo]

I'm hoping for a miracle.

This makes me mad at Disney. I thought at least oncethey could support a franchise that wasn't making them rich.

[ground chuck]

damn it.

[Josh]

I'm sure I sound like a broken record at this point, but the problem with these films is that they are trying too hard to be LOTR. Disney had, in its hands, LOTR under Miramax, and they let it go because it cost too much. Looking back, it was a horrible, horrible mistake.

So once the first LOTR film smashed records to pieces, they quickly moved on the Narnia rights and had no problem spending whatever it cost to make the movies - thinking that they would see the same success as LOTR. No so much.

So here we are today, with The Hobbit getting anything and everything they want while the Narnia movies are fighting to even get made. And yes, I'll say it, Hollywood is just too damn repetative for their own good. They think that making the same film over and over is a good idea just because the first one was succesful. Let this be lesson to them, that I'm sure they'll forget soon enough.

[andyman1970]

I guess this means no box set once all the films are complete...

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Josh

I'm sure I sound like a broken record at this point, but the problem with these films is that they are trying too hard to be LOTR. Disney had, in its hands, LOTR under Miramax, and they let it go because it cost too much. Looking back, it was a horrible, horrible mistake.

So once the first LOTR film smashed records to pieces, they quickly moved on the Narnia rights and had no problem spending whatever it cost to make the movies - thinking that they would see the same success as LOTR. No so much.

So here we are today, with The Hobbit getting anything and everything they want while the Narnia movies are fighting to even get made. And yes, I'll say it, Hollywood is just too damn repetative for their own good. They think that making the same film over and over is a good idea just because the first one was succesful. Let this be lesson to them, that I'm sure they'll forget soon enough.

It is also because Prince Caspian did $440m WW BO and cost $250m to make and promote, basically Disney only broke even. Also we shouldn't forget that the movie was a bit of a let down and very politically charged (IMO) which turned a lot of people off the franchise for good. For Disney that's not a good thing...

I wouldn't be surprised to see MGM pick this up in a few years if Fox don't go for it because of the incredibly large budget that is being demanded...

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

"Disney Pulls Out of Third Narnia Film"

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51523

I guess this blows off our guarantee for a quality blu-ray...?

Good, now Narnia won't get pregnant.

[neo_reloaded]

I love how $300+ million worldwide isn't enough to go forward with the project... Especially considering they opened in the summer when this is clearly a fall/winter movie, and they went up directly against Iron Man and Indy IV, with TDK on the horizon. I think they could still make a lot of money of the series, but too bad for them.

Not that I liked these films. The books aren't great to begin with, and the films in my opinion have a made-for-TV look to them (subpar CGI, terrible acting, lousy cinematography). I just know it's disappointing for the fans.

[GreenScar]

This may be a good thing for the franchise. Disney which normally are marketing gurus really kinda screwed the pooch with Caspian (after doing a great job on Lion). However, I don't have much faith in FOX either.

[Downhere]

Originally Posted by jasonbird

This may be a good thing for the franchise. Disney which normally are marketing gurus really kinda screwed the pooch with Caspian (after doing a great job on Lion). However, I don't have much faith in FOX either.

Yeah, Fox has butchered too many films for me to have any faith in them handling Dawn Treader with care. I'd hope for a company like Columbia (Sony) or possibly Universal to handle it the way it should be handled.

[Red Hood]

Fox is the antichrist, good luck with that.

[Sonny]

I like "The Lion The Witch & the Wardrobe" I read the book as a kid Who cares what Disney does... (I'm ticked off)

[Lucy Diamond]

Hopefully they will be grittier now.

[JJ]

*%@&#$&!

Dang, and I loved the first two - I didnt know that about them and the LOTR series, Josh - surprising indeed! I also agree that Hollywood is becoming a bit too repetitive - who would've thought?

[thedarkangel1975]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

I love how $300+ million worldwide isn't enough to go forward with the project... Especially considering they opened in the summer when this is clearly a fall/winter movie, and they went up directly against Iron Man and Indy IV, with TDK on the horizon. I think they could still make a lot of money of the series, but too bad for them.

Not that I liked these films. The books aren't great to begin with, and the films in my opinion have a made-for-TV look to them (subpar CGI, terrible acting, lousy cinematography). I just know it's disappointing for the fans.

I don't know what movies you saw, but the CGI was hailed by most top critics as was the acting.
As for Narnia being similar to LOTR, that makes sense the authors were both really good friends. I hope Dawn Tredder gets made and whatever studio handles the movie, places the movie in the winter.

[Dexter Morgan]

Looks like Disney has pulled out...

http://movies.ign.com/articles/941/941081p1.html

[richieb1971]

Personally i'm not in favour of this action. Simply put, Disney have done a great job with both movies. The sales of the DVD and BD would bring revenue in for many years and they could milk it if they wanted to.

The theatrical release of the 2nd installment was in contention with Batman TDK and Indiana Jones. People do like the franchise and if marketed and released right, the third instalment would probably get the respectable numbers of viewers they are looking for. This is a bad move on Disney's part, even worse is that the original actors might pull out.

This also puts any future instalments in a different set of hands making the feel different, boxsets will not include all the titles. What a ridiculous situation.

If Fox jump on it quickly it just goes to show what a franchise it is. It needs more respect than what Disney are showing it.

[Good Intentions]

It's definitely not dead, it will be made by another studio if this information is true.