It seems that a fantasy series will go on without the Mouse House's involvement. According to
The Hollywood Reporter, Disney will not produce or finance the third film in the Narnia series,
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
While the studio wouldn't go into further detail on the decision, it was said that financial and logistical reasons were behind the move to leave the franchise. The film was set to start principal photography in the spring, for a 2010 release, but the move puts the film and those attached in limbo. Michael Apted was set to direct from a script by Steven Knight, with Ben Barnes, George Henley, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell from
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian set to return.
While the first film in the series,
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was a huge success at the box office, taking in $292 million domestically,
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian fell off sharply, grossing just $141 million at the domestic box office.
It was said that the film is being shopped around to the studios, and that Fox would be a likely suitor, as it distrbutes other non-Narnia films from Walden Media under its Fox Walden banner.
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Another thing to look at SuperCanaya, is the evolution of writing. Kids today are surprisingly bright and the market is aimed for children's books to have adult appeal. Lewis's Narnia books were written between 1949 and 1954, for his children, initially without thinking of publishing them, let alone having films made out of them. Narnia was the "Harry Potter" equivalent for that time. Judging a work by modern standards is preposterous. It's for CHILDREN. DUH! It's not like 2001 (film) where "stupid people" can't understand the ending. Oh well. If you don't even know what Bernstein Bears or Franklin the Turtle is, then you don't know what your talking about.
Bernstein Bears or Franklin the Turtle movie?. Whats that?
Why they got be such arsewipes.
I gotta wait to see the bloody rest of Watchmen, them bloody 30minutes were amazing and now i gotta wait.
Fox can bite Eddie Murphy's Ass with a Riddler questionmark on it
SuperCanay has a point. For such a great philosopher and writer, C.S. Lewis really dropped the ball on Chronicles.
No offence to everyone who likes it that's just my opinion.
Pixar is its own affiliation. Would you say Paramount makes movies WITH Dreamworks Animation? No. Paramount owns the distributing rights. Pixar is Disney's crutch, and they know it, and unlike Paramount, they will squeeze their name onto anything worthwhile, to save face more than money. Disney Studios does not care about quality anymore. Walt has rolled over in his grave several times by now, I'm sure.
The only thing's that Disney's done decently since 1996 was Emperor's New Grove, Tarzan, Brother Bear, National Treasure 1, Pirates 1, Enchanted. Everything else is a rehash, pop-culture gag, sorry remakes, or poorly conceived sequels.
Anyway, I'm glad Disney is pulling out. Besides, it's Walden Media that's making the films with Disney's money. All Disney's good for anymore is paying studios to make/release movies for them, as long as they get their name slapped above the title.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/companycredits
I may sound like a Disney hater, but if you knew some of the stunts they've pulled since 1994, as I do, you'd question their ethics as film makers. Many of the best animation pioneers LEFT Disney at one time or another (Richard Rich, Don Bluth, John Sanford (not the author), and Brad Bird). That should tell you something.
Despite my distaste for current Disney fair, I REALLY hope Christmas Carol and Prince of Persia are done well, and hopefully amend some of their ways, as they are involved in making them.
Any of the movies Disney did with Pixar, the other 2 Narnia movies, The Lion King, Aladin, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, all 3 Pirates of the Carribean, Glory Road, Invincible, National Treasure, Remember the Titans, The Three Musketeers (live action), Cool Runnings, and a # of others that at the very least were fun to watch.
I hope this doesn't completely kill the 3rd installment.
Peter Pan. The Great Mouse Detective. Or were you only looking for live action? In which case, I should be allowed to include any movies I want from the Touchstone catalogue.
Outlaw is correct; however it's not just Disney that does that. I think the only larger studios that will pay attention to smaller, riskier films are Focus Features and Lionsgate.