Disney Officially Dumps Third Chronicles of Narnia Movie! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-27-2008, 03:36 PM

Disney has officially decided to dump The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third movie based on C.S. Lewis' popular series of books. Citing "budgetary and logistical reasons" for their decision, Disney has given up all future rights for any additional sequels.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe earned an impressive $292 million at the box office in its debut in 2005. The next sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian from May this year, only earned $142 million, much less than they were expecting. Industry analysts have proposed countless reasons for its failure, including a darker storyline set thousands of years beyond The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe amongst other issues surrounding its lack of connection with the Chronicles of Narnia fan-base. Whatever reasons they come up with, it didn't turn out to be the hit they wanted.

Disney had already started pre-production on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, with Michael Apted set to direct and Steven Knight writing the screenplay. It was initially scheduled for release in May of 2010.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/12/...-narnia-movie/

Liza · 12-28-2008, 11:54 PM

Dang I was sorry to hear this! I love this series. The movies were getting kind of stretched from the books, but they were great anyways. I really hope someone comes out and saves the series from extinction. If Prince Caspian was too dark, Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a much lighter piece. And the Silver Chair, which would follow that, is a great story.

I feel robbed!

Tubehead · 12-29-2008, 01:31 AM

I didn't like this moive. i though itwas boring. i also can't see how can it be chrsitian. if your not christian you will be confused. i'm a christian and still confused about the moive.

ABlairican Pie · 01-02-2009, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tubehead

I didn't like this moive. i though itwas boring. i also can't see how can it be chrsitian. if your not christian you will be confused. i'm a christian and still confused about the moive.

Maybe because it was just a story, part of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Just because C.S. Lewis was a Christian didn't mean that he intended the stories to have some deliberate Christian allegory.

I really enjoyed reading 'Prince Caspian' when I was a kid, it was my first in the Narnia series, even though I should have read 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' first. Maybe they should come out with C.S. Lewis' 'Space Trilogy'.

12-27-2008, 03:36 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Disney Officially Dumps Third Chronicles of Narnia Movie! Disney has officially decided to dump The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third movie based on C.S. Lewis' popular series of books. Citing "budgetary and logistical reasons" for their decision, Disney has given up all future rights for any additional sequels. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe earned an impressive $292 million at the box office in its debut in 2005. The next sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian from May this year, only earned $142 million, much less than they were expecting. Industry analysts have proposed countless reasons for its failure, including a darker storyline set thousands of years beyond The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe amongst other issues surrounding its lack of connection with the Chronicles of Narnia fan-base. Whatever reasons they come up with, it didn't turn out to be the hit they wanted. Disney had already started pre-production on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, with Michael Apted set to direct and Steven Knight writing the screenplay. It was initially scheduled for release in May of 2010. http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/12/...-narnia-movie/
	__________________ The Key to the Kingdom of Heaven: John 3:3 *Money Doesn't Buy Happiness...But I'd Rather Cry in My Private Jet*

12-29-2008, 01:31 AM	#3
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	movie I didn't like this moive. i though itwas boring. i also can't see how can it be chrsitian. if your not christian you will be confused. i'm a christian and still confused about the moive.

12-28-2008, 11:54 PM	#2
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	Dang I was sorry to hear this! I love this series. The movies were getting kind of stretched from the books, but they were great anyways. I really hope someone comes out and saves the series from extinction. If Prince Caspian was too dark, Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a much lighter piece. And the Silver Chair, which would follow that, is a great story. I feel robbed!