According to NarniaWeb.com -- <http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/10/douglas-gresham-on-future-narnia-films/> -- 2014 might be the soonest a new Narnia movie could come out. 2 to 3 years until they can even begin to make one. This is because Walden Media's contract with the C.S. Lewis estate expired, so for some reason they have to wait.
There's the simple fact that "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (VDT) didn't do very well in the box office, which probably doesn't help the production of another one. At first, I was totally enchanted with just another Narnia film, and then I began to be discontented about it (a feeling enhanced by other opinions online), but now I'm trying to look at it with a balanced perspective. I'm not a producer; I don't know if the movie would have been better had its makers stuck with the original story plot. But I can see why the producers would want to insert another one: I only wish the new plot had been better developed. That's a different story. Simply put, I think "Prince Caspian" was beautifully epic, but somewhat missed out on the humor and magic of the books, while VDT abounded in humor and magic, but wasn't epic, and -- finicky humans that we are -- we want both!
On to different horizons! Which film would be next if they made one? If The Magician's Nephew -- magical rings that transport you to different worlds, the decaying land of Charn, Queen Jadis wreaking havoc in London, Aslan singing Narnia to life, horses sprouting wings, Uncle Andrew being planted upside-down, and bulldogs that resent statements. If The Silver Chair -- Caspian at seventy, marshwiggles that cheerfully suspect dragons and snowstorms around every corner, giants that like to feast on humans, a serpent and a witch, and an enchanted prince -- the sole heir to the Narnian throne -- tied miles underground to a silver chair...
Oh, boy! :)
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Great drawing! You should post more! And maybe become an illustrator.... :)
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