Comments on: Chronicles of Narnia Currently Planned as a Trilogy Only

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:27:08 +0000

After having read all 7 books, I understand why they skipped the first book as it would have been quite a CG unsertaking and little else, but what a movie it would have been if they could have pulled it off. I see Dawn Treader as another hard movie to make with most of the story dealing with a ship at sea, however, it is one of the better of the 7 stories. Silver Chair would be nice, but I can’t see it being made. I think if they go on with Dawn Treader, the best we could hope for would be a Last battle to conclude the series on screen. Long live Aslan!

By: Slingshot Hammer

Slingshot Hammer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:21:36 +0000

The Last Battle seems crucial.

By: Baychuk

Baychuk — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:01:00 +0000

If anything I was hoping for a Silver Chair and Last Battle film….damn!

By: stevie_boy

stevie_boy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:18:22 +0000

I thought the Lion/witch/wardrobe was pretty good as fantasy novel adaptions come. And it makes sense for them to make these 3 a definitive ‘trilogy’ as they’re the ones with the Pevensie kids as main characters (although only edmond and lucy in Voyage Dawn Treader). Plus, these 3 are the most accessible and marketable of the Narnia novels. The subsequent novels are in a world of their own, with almost entirely new sets of main human characters.

By: Jon Rocks

Jon Rocks — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:14:38 +0000

I thought the first film was good enough. I don’t think this series has quite the draw of a lord of the rings type franchise, so I don’t see it going anywhere beyond the three films. In fact, I’m not convinced Prince Caspian is going to do much box office– The first film kind of came and went without making too much of a splash, so I don’t know if people will feel compelled to see the next one.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:33:19 +0000

I read these books as a kid and can’t really remember, but is there really that much of a quality story/thread throughout all of the installments that demands they make feature films of all seven of them? I’m with the studios on this one. I enjoyed the first movie as a throwaway popcorn flick, but as with the Harry Potter movies, it’s just too much of the same kiddie “chosen one” type story to justify 7 movies. (8 in the case of Harry Potter)

By: Bunyip

Bunyip — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:20:12 +0000

I’m a fan of the books and the first movie, but I’m happy with this approach. “Dawn Treader” is really the one I’m most looking forward to, since it seems to have the best cinematic potential. I’m worried Prince Caspian might be a bit samey with the first one, but I’ll still go see it. The remaining books would all be pretty tricky to make workable movies out of, with the possible exception of The Silver Chair.