Narnia's Dawn Treader

[GreenScar]

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Wanted to post an update to the third Narnia movie that's currently in production...

I was just emailed these really cool images from Cleveland Point, Queensland, Australia where construction is almost completed for the Dawn Treader, the ship that is the center piece for the third installment of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The photos were actually taken by my Dad who lives near the site and he thought you FOOLS would like to see them. Filming has beguns but shooting of the ship early September and will last a little over 3 weeks. The ship has been built on a coastal point, I'm assuming so the ocean is behind them while filming, and stands at 12 metres high and 45 metres in length. The Dawn Treader has also been built on a gimble so the ship can pitch and tilt whilst being filmed.

So check out the four photos below, the first and second photos show the ship almost completed. The third shows a Dragon's head that when my Dad enquired about it he was told the head will be attached to the front of the ship and the fourth I'm not sure what they are I can only assume they are wings of the dragon that will also be attached to the ship. Either way they look pretty damn cool.

[mzab24]

Nice!

Makes one wonder if it will be the last installment though.

[ScarredLungs]

Who is making this movie?

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by cvm

Who is making this movie?

Fox is financing. Is that what you were wondering?

[BTobin]

Michael Apted is the new director...and hopefully this won't be the last installment...I mean book-wise there's not too much great material left...while I like the silver chair, that is really the last good one they could get out of the series unless they do Magician's Nephew but that's a prequel...I think it could fizzle out due to the loss of the Pevensies since after this one their Narnia flyer miles will be used up and Eustace Scrub (depending on how good the actor is) is iffy as a protagonist...and the last book is absolutely depressing so that wouldn't be a good film to make and personally I've never found the horse and his boy very interesting...Dawn Treader after Wardrobe is my favorite so I have high hopes

[ScarredLungs]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

Fox is financing. Is that what you were wondering?

Yeah. I remember that Disney said they were no longer going to be involved with this series and I could not remember who took over.

[jasonicus]

Wow, I have literally no interest in this. The 1st was ok, the 2nd lame. I can't imagine this being any better.

[MyBlu-rayBrotherEd]

Originally Posted by mzab24

Nice!

Makes one wonder if it will be the last installment though.

Think they will do The Silver Chair?

[immortalchaos]

Originally when Disney started these movies they said they were going to 6 total on the scale of Lord of the Rings. The first movie didn't do nearly as well as they had hoped from try to ride the tail end of the Epic Magic Movie thing that LOTR started. So really I am not suprised at all that they got rid of the movie to another company and really after the first movie alone I am not expecting much from the rest of the Franchise after it. I mean Caspian flopped and waredrobe was slightly above average as far as a movie went. I'm not even going to expect this one to make back what they end up putting into it in the long run

That's just my opinion though.

[STARSCREAM]

This book is awesome and if they do the movie right it will be great.

[Anthony P]

cool to see someone is continuing the series.

[lojack1976]

Originally Posted by immortalchaos

Originally when Disney started these movies they said they were going to 6 total on the scale of Lord of the Rings. The first movie didn't do nearly as well as they had hoped from try to ride the tail end of the Epic Magic Movie thing that LOTR started. So really I am not suprised at all that they got rid of the movie to another company and really after the first movie alone I am not expecting much from the rest of the Franchise after it. I mean Caspian flopped and waredrobe was slightly above average as far as a movie went. I'm not even going to expect this one to make back what they end up putting into it in the long run

That's just my opinion though.

Well to quote IMDB, "The franchise's first outing, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, raked in more than $745 million (£532 million), while follow-up Prince Caspian took in $419 million (£299 million) worldwide."

That's not LOTR money, but neither of these movies flopped, and I'm sure the home video market has been very kind to Disney. After LORT Disney was just hoping to have another mega-hit on their hands, and ended up with just a hit.

This seems to be the trend with movie studios these days. They want mega-hits to milk. Look at POTC. Disney will put all of their resources into that since it turned out to be a huge property. Even Disney was surprised at how well the first one did. There wasn't any plans for a sequel initially.

Personally I liked both Narnia movies and I look forward to the next installment. I do think there can be improvements in the series with the right directing and improved writing, and hopefully this is what will happen.

Part of the problem may be that they just aren't long enough. When it comes to book-to-film transfers cuts are a necessity, but Peter Jackson was smart enough to give us longer than average movies for the theatrical releases, and even then the extended versions are far superior. I refuse to watch the theatrical versions myself which is why I won't buy the Blu's until the extended versions are released. If the writers and the director can just flesh things out a bit more I think the next Narnia film may go over better.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by lojack1976

That's not LOTR money, but neither of these movies flopped, and I'm sure the home video market has been very kind to Disney. After LORT Disney was just hoping to have another mega-hit on their hands, and ended up with just a hit.

Caspian didn't do as well as hoped because it was demandingly sandwiched in between May '08's two most unexpected hits--
Each studio assumed THEY were the Unstoppable May Tentpole, and Paramount won, but Warner and Disney were left out.

As to Disney breaking ties with Walden, that was more over budget delays--
Longer waits for Treader meant more money, and Disney wasn't prepared to pay...Walden had been wanting to break out into Fox projects, and now got their wish. Problem is, that left a lot of Treader that now had to be renegotiated from scratch WITHOUT Disney.
Which meant longer delays, as well as more money.

...They'll get things ironed out eventually.
Still, if it's going to take too long, wouldn't mind seeing them replace the cast and start over, as Harry Potter had to with one replacement.
Yes, I know, they'd never find a better Lucy in the world, but well, they could try.

[wallendo]

Originally Posted by lojack1976

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Part of the problem may be that they just aren't long enough. When it comes to book-to-film transfers cuts are a necessity, but Peter Jackson was smart enough to give us longer than average movies for the theatrical releases, and even then the extended versions are far superior. ...

The Narnia books aren't that long or detailed. I think the problem is that they have overemphasized the battles and adventure, and de-emphasized the plot and character development so as not to appear "too Christian".

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by ed4246

Think they will do The Silver Chair?

They claimed they were going to do TSC.
(And hopefully weren't going to mess it up as badly as the BBC did--Although I could've seen Adamson go for the same mistake on depicting the Prince in the climax that the TV version did, and "Caspian" is all the evidence you need. )

The question is whether Disney/Walden was, or Fox/Walden is, planning to go past it:
LOTR-fever had them claiming they'd Do All Seven, then saying They'd Stop After Magician's Nephew, and then saying Well, Maybe They'll Wrap It Up After Silver Chair.
(Although there were reports that Walden wanted to do TMN sequentially before "The Horse and His Boy", so that TH&HB could bring back grown-up 20's-yo. Anna Popplewell and Georgie Hensley for Susan & Lucy's cameo.)

At this point, with all the delays, we don't know WHAT'S going to happen:
Are they going to use the same cast, get old-Harry-Potter fears and retire the series after #3? Or are they going to start replacing cast members, and then finding an excuse to blame that for any box office?

[BTobin]

I think they could do all of them if they wanted, they wouldn't need those kids necessarily since they are grown up in their small cameos in The Last Battle and Horse and His Boy...Horse and His Boy is problematic because it is very different from the other books which do follow sequentially for the most part, the Last Battle is depressing but I think Silver Chair and Magician's Nephew could make good movies, especially Silver Chair, although I've never liked Eustace as a character

[Pondosinatra]

One of my fav books of the series, hope they don't screw it up.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

I heard this movie is about finding some lost people or something like that. I'm guessing that's the boat they're going to sail in.

[jadedeath]

"This movie has beguns"?

Are you kidding...?

Logan

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