Movie details
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a motion picture being created by Walt Disney Studios in partnership with Walden Media. The film is based on the first book of the seven book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
The film is currently
in production in New Zealand with NZ director Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2) and is scheduled to be released on December 9, 2005, by Walt Disney Pictures. New movies are normally released in New Zealand on a Thursday, so it is likely C. S. Lewis fans will have to wait until December 15.
Filming is taking place in Auckland until mid-October, when the production will move to the South Island. Filming is expected to take six months to complete.
Walden Media has optioned the entire seven-part fantasy book series for film development.
Cast and crew announced so far
Director: Andrew Adamson
Screenwriter: Ann Peacock
Cast:
Georgie Henley, 9: Lucy
Skandar Keynes, 12: Edmund
Anna Popplewell, 15: Susan
William Moseley, 17: Peter
Tilda Swinton: The White Witch
James McAvoy: Tumnus
Jim Broadbent: the Professor
James Cosmo: Father Christmas
Rupert Everett: The voice of the fox
Ray Winstone: The voice of Mr. Beaver
Dawn French: The voice of Mrs. Beaver
Judy McIntosh (NZ): Matriarch of the Pevensie family
Elizabeth Hawthorne (NZ): Mrs MacReady
Patrick Kake (NZ): Centaur Oreius
Shane Rangi (NZ): General Otman, the minotaur leader of the White Witch's army
Special Effects: Weta Digital
Pictures from the set:
'Holly' the animatronic reindeer
Skandar Keynes (Edmund)
Anna Popplewell (Susan)
The young cast talks with Helen Clark
Director Andrew Adamson and Helen Clark
Georgie Henley
Anna Popplewell and Skandar Keynes
William Moseley
Helen Clark visits the set
Related links:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Official site
The creation of Narnia - A timeline of the books' publication
The books of C. S. Lewis - About the author
NarniaWeb - Movie news
Into the Wardrobe - A site devoted to C.S. Lewis
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