Good...-very- good....
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I'd call it premature, but they know a good thing when they see it. Wardrobe was a massive success, and Caspian is assured to be as well, I'm surprised it wasn't already greenlit.
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
*grins lots*
Excellent.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Hey, the kids are aging. Two and a half year gaps between all the Pevensie films would be a bad idea. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
How much time takes place in the real world between all the books?
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
One year, real-world time. Except for The Magician's Nephew, The Horse and His Boy, and The Last Battle....which would all probably have to be done -after- the "Caspian"/"Treader"/"Chair" films anyway.
Posted by dh (Member # 6929) on :
But won't Tilda Swinton have aged too much to play Jadis by then ?
Posted by Reshpeckobiggle (Member # 8947) on :
Given the nature of her character, I don't think it will make a huge difference if they end up casting a different actress in the Siver Chair and The Magician's Nephew. The tricky part will be having Lucy, Peter, and Edmund come back for The Last Battle six movies from now.
What would be cool is if it takes them 5 or so years to get to The Horse and His Boy, they can cast all the same actors as the Pevensies (though they'll all probably be big stars by then and will not want to have such small roles.)
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I LOVE Dawn Treader with Eustace Clarence Scrubb!!! I'm so glad they're making it third. Posted by stihl1 (Member # 1562) on :
VDT is an awesome book.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by dh: But won't Tilda Swinton have aged too much to play Jadis by then ?
That all depends on when (if ever) The Magician's Nephew is filmed.
And if you've seen movies like X-3, you know that actors can be de-aged quite well with modern FX.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by Reshpeckobiggle: Given the nature of her character, I don't think it will make a huge difference if they end up casting a different actress in the Siver Chair and The Magician's Nephew.
Jadis isn't in The Silver Chair. I know the late-90s HarperCollins editions of the Chronicles claim the Lady of Green Kirtle/Green Witch was Jadis reincarnated...but neither the text of the book itself nor anything in Lewis' notes supported that interpretation. In the most recent editions the claim has been dropped.
As far as Peter, Edmund, & Lucy go, they don't turn up in The Last Battle until the coda in Aslan's Country, where ages are ambiguous. Posted by dh (Member # 6929) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
quote:Originally posted by dh: But won't Tilda Swinton have aged too much to play Jadis by then ?
That all depends on when (if ever) The Magician's Nephew is filmed.
And if you've seen movies like X-3, you know that actors can be de-aged quite well with modern FX.
I suppose. I've never seen X-3, but I imagine there isn't much that they're not able to do these days.
I certainly hope they film it, though. It's one of my favourite books. And it would be weird with a different actress.
Posted by stihl1 (Member # 1562) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
quote:Originally posted by Reshpeckobiggle: Given the nature of her character, I don't think it will make a huge difference if they end up casting a different actress in the Siver Chair and The Magician's Nephew.
Jadis isn't in The Silver Chair. I know the late-90s HarperCollins editions of the Chronicles claim the Lady of Green Kirtle/Green Witch was Jadis reincarnated...but neither the text of the book itself nor anything in Lewis' notes supported that interpretation. In the most recent editions the claim has been dropped.
As far as Peter, Edmund, & Lucy go, they don't turn up in The Last Battle until the coda in Aslan's Country, where ages are ambiguous.
There is quite a bit of disagreement as to whether or not Jadis is the Green Witch. Even if they used an aged Tilda, it would still work, IMO. Besides, Tilda doesn't age too badly. I remember seeing her in The Beach a while ago and she still is just as hot today.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by stihl1: There is quite a bit of disagreement as to whether or not Jadis is the Green Witch.
Only because of those darn late 90s HarperCollins editions making the claim that she was.
And as I said, the claim has been retracted, because both the books the Lewis' writings do not support this view.
The closest thing to a statement that Jadis -might- have been able to return in the Hag's speech in Prince Caspian...but that's not quite the same thing as proving the Lady was Jadis.
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
Well, didn't the owls also make a parallel? I mean, they didn't come out and say it was the same person, but they hinted they might be linked somehow.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
They said she was possibly "part of the same crew" as the White Witch. In other words, they were speculating she was a follower or a cohort from the time Jadis spent in the Northern Lands before she returned to conquer Narnia.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the only book from this series that I've read more than once. It was, by far, my favorite. I loved it.
Posted by stihl1 (Member # 1562) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
quote:Originally posted by stihl1: There is quite a bit of disagreement as to whether or not Jadis is the Green Witch.
Only because of those darn late 90s HarperCollins editions making the claim that she was.
And as I said, the claim has been retracted, because both the books the Lewis' writings do not support this view.
The closest thing to a statement that Jadis -might- have been able to return in the Hag's speech in Prince Caspian...but that's not quite the same thing as proving the Lady was Jadis.
The versions I read in the late 70s/80s, I seem to have the impression that they too implied she was Jadis returned. That's the impression I always had until I read about the disagreement in the Companion to Narnia.
I think I didn't like Silver Chair because it covered the death of Prince Caspian. That always bothered me.
The Last Battle always scared me as a kid, but as I got older I understood the message more. It still kinda scares me, as all death does.
The reason I like VDT is that it focused on the wonders of the Narnia world, and the positives of Aslan and The Great Emperor's love. The chapter about Eustace turning into a dragon and Aslan "digging" him out was absolutely great.
Posted by dh (Member # 6929) on :
I always liked the Magician's Nephew best, mainly because I wanted to explore the rest of Charn.
Posted by Reshpeckobiggle (Member # 8947) on :
Holy CRAP I love these books. Just talking about them makes me want to read all of them again (for a grand total of a least 20, maybe even 30 times each since I was about seven years old.) My least favorite has always been Prince Caspian, and LWW being my second least. But trying to pin down which is my favorite from the remaining five is nigh impossible. No one ever calls The Horse and His Boy his or her favorite, but it's right up there with the others for me. And the Silver Chair is put down sometimes, but what would Narnia be without the respectable marshwiggle Puddleglum? Greatest character in the series, and that's a plain fact. Don't even argue with me on that one.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by stihl1: The versions I read in the late 70s/80s, I seem to have the impression that they too implied she was Jadis returned. That's the impression I always had until I read about the disagreement in the Companion to Narnia.
The only content of the books changed after the 1980s editions were the deletion of differences between the UK and US editions...none of these differences had anything to do with Jadis or the Queen of Underland, so I'm not sure what you felt implied they were the same character.
Posted by stihl1 (Member # 1562) on :
I'm not sure either, that's always the impressions I had since I was a kid.
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