Comic-Con Breaking News: Disney Commits to Make All 'Narnia' Films, One a Year
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Disney, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, ComicCon
Disney's completely packed panel was about all things Narnia this afternoon, and the biggest piece of news was the fact that they'll be releasing a new Chronicles of Narnia film every May, starting with Prince Caspian 2008, and continuing through the rest of the seven books.
While that's fairly exciting news, I sure hope that doesn't mean the films will suffer as a result. It takes a lot of time and effort to make a film replete with special effects that's based on a classic series ... will they be able to keep that up? With five more movies yet to come after next May, that's a lot of simultaneous work that'll be going on. If the movies end up being disappointing in any way, the first thing people will blame will be a rushed production schedule.
Still, as long as they do some serious justice to The Magician's Nephew, I'm all for it. There's nothing more frustrating than waiting years for the next installment in one of your favorite film series to come out.
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7-28-2007 @ 7:18PM
Lola said...
Nothing more frustrating? I'd say waiting years and years and getting a really crappy, disappointing film (or trilogy of prequels *cough*) is far more frustrating; I'd rather get no more films in the series at all.
Maybe since it's Disney and they can afford it they'll just hire enough resources so it won't be the same crew rushing through all the movies. The protagonists change from book to book so they won't be overworking the same actors at least.
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7-29-2007 @ 3:24AM
palaba said...
I disagree, if the sequels are disappointing just mentally disregard them, and possibly, in time, they'll grow on you a la Ghostbusters 2.
Or if the movies are based something with an established fan base, which obviously they are, the sequels can be better and even at times exonerate the sins of greedy execs.Returning the story to it's roots and giving the fans what they want, as in Batman.
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