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NarniaWeb, 30.09.04

Pulp Expo Panel Transcripts

Yet more details from Narnia panel discussions with Weta Workshop's Richard Taylor, et al, at the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo.
This piece includes full transcripts -- all the detailes you'd ever want to know.

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IGN Film Force, 30.09.04

The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis

"Lewis' complaint reminds us that a writer's correspondence may reflect duty much more than joy, and in that regard these two volumes show him as the very slave of duty. (His fantastically tireless thank-you letters to Warfield Firor ought to be compulsory reading for all children on Boxing Day.) The complaint also has a delicious proleptic irony for we know that, within a year, Lewis will publish The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and henceforth his mails will be even heavier. He really has only himself to blame..."

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Books & Culture, September/October 2004

Narnia Takes Shape Amid the Hills

Oamaru -- A support crew is busy in the hills near Duntroon, preparing for the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
But most of the activity is taking place in hidden, limestone outcropped valleys around the Anatini and Elephant Rocks fossil sites, overlooking the Maerewhenua River.
Yesterday, when the Otago Daily Times visited the area, photographs were not allowed on the farms of John Hore and Norman McKenzie, where filming of one of C.S. Lewis’ seven books from the Chronicles of Narnia is expected to start in November.
The only visible sign that there is something different to normal farming operations is a large marquee, about a dozen vehicles coming and going and shipping containers forming a base beside the Oamaru-Ngapara Rd.
But, if you take the time to look, down in pastured valleys among huge outcrops of limestone, crews are at work building sets and unloading items needed for filming.
Tracks have been put in and gravelled to provide access into areas where filming will take place. Lamp-Post Productions’ Ernie Malik, publicist for the film, said yesterday when contacted in Auckland, about 100 people would be involved when filming started. ... Filming is being done over five months, in North and South Island locations, including North Otago, north Canterbury and Queenstown.

Excerpt: David Bruce, Otago Daily Times, 30.09.04

More Details from Pulp Culture Expo

"Casting is still ongoing for Aslan, the Great Lion’s voice. Expect 99.5% of the lion to be computer-generated, with the rest being left to the animatronic department. Creating the CG Aslan has been their biggest challenge so far; they want to avoid him being boring or cartoonish in any way as it’s essential [that] he conveys the nobility that many associate with him (as well as him being the moral center of the story)."

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JoBlo's Movie Emporium, 29.09.04

Narnia Director Skips Shrek 3

"Adamson mentioned that, with Shrek 3 a go, he has decided to step aside, at least as director, on the next part in the series. 'Shrek 3 is in the making, but I won't be directing it,' Adamson says. 'No, I can't. They're actually working on the story right now. I'm staying involved, but I can't do that and this.'"

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IGN Film Force, 28.09.04

Set News: Pevensie Home?

"I asked their publicist Ernie Malik about what you see in these first two pictures, and he confirmed that it's the London house that the Pevensie children lived in before going to their uncle's house in the country where their adventure started. In one photo it looks like a very ordinary house with a few roses peeking over the fence. In the other photo it's a bit clearer that only the front half of the house exists..."

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TheOneRing.net, 27.09.04

Scriptwriter Hired for Prince Caspian

"Disney has confirmed a scriptwriter is being commissioned to work on a follow-up to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
"A spokesman for New Zealand director Andrew Adamson's big budget project told an audience at the Pulp Culture Expo in Wellington that the writer will create a script for Prince Caspian, the second Narnia novel written by CS Lewis.
"But he said a decision on whether the sequel would proceed would not be made until the first movie took off."

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New Zealand Herald, 28.09.2004

Narnia Panel at Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo

"A panel from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe movie, including Weta Workshop head Richard Taylor, appeared to speak about the film.
Mr. Geradts said the panel was 'a real coup' that had fallen into place because of good timing with the film's schedule. About 200 people heard the talk."

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STUFF, 27.09.04

Narnia Producer Teams with Crowe, Too

Chronicles of Narnia producer Mark Johnson has signed on to produce actor Russell Crowe's directorial debut.
"Crowe will tackle his first role behind the camera in The Long Green Shore and has engaged the talents of award winning American producer Mark Johnson for the film.
'We are not quite sure when we are going to start that,' Johnson said in Auckland..."

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NEWS.com.au, 24.09.04

Narnia, Adamson, and Beaver Caves, Oh My!

New Zealand director Andrew Adamson is following in Peter Jackson’s ambitious footsteps by embarking on more than one major feature film at a time.
While production for the $100 million-plus The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is well under way, work has also begun on Shrek 3, the third in Adamson’s animated movie franchise that so far has taken $US1.3 billion at the box office.

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Narnia Web, 25.09.2004

Narnia Secrets Revealed

Three top crew members from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe have shared their experiences for the first time about bringing the classic story to the screen.
Weta Workshop head Richard Taylor, visual effects supervisor Dean Wright and makeup expert Howard Berger talked to a crowd of about 200 people at the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo in Wellington yesterday.

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Narnia Web, 27.09.2004