Those who were very pleased with the fine job done with The Lord of the Rings movie adaptation, likely will be interested in how Hollywood will treat his fellow Inkling C.S. Lewis's Narnia:
The film marks the first live-action directorial effort for New Zealander Andrew Adamson (the Oscar(r)-winning "Shrek," "Shrek 2"), who also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with Emmy Award-winner Anne Peacock (HBO's "A Lesson Before Dying") and scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (HBO's "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"). The film is produced by Academy Award(r)-winning filmmaker Mark Johnson ("Rain Man," "Bugsy," "A Little Princess," "The Notebook") and is slated for a global release in December, 2005, through the Walt Disney Studios distribution division of Buena Vista Releasing.
Already in the planning and preproduction stages for two years, the project's towering production schedule of eighteen months encompasses a six-month live-action shoot followed by a yearlong post-production schedule leading to its December, 2005, worldwide release.
There's lots more at the link. It looks to be good. The fear always is that the Hollywood types will imagine themselves smarter than Lewis and start making wild changes. Surely Peter Jackson's success will teach them to at least be restrained with that. Of course, Disney is involved...
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