Ireland Makes Bid for Caspian

The Irish governement just passed a new law doubling the usual tax break allowed to film production companies operating in Ireland—this as part of a major bid to lure the lucrative Narnia franchise back to C.S. Lewis' country of birth. Recent rumors about Disney location scouts in Ireland were undoubtedly the first salvo in the publicity push for that agenda. The Irish Independent now reports that Walden Media scouts have been on the scene, and that New Zealand and the Czech Republic are again (naturually) making bids to host the production.

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Irish Independent, 05.02.06