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First Glimpses of 'The Voyage of The Dawn Treader'

30 November 2009 12:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Over the holiday weekend, we received our first official glimpse of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. This is a film that hasn't really attracted a lot of fervent interest or rumor-mongering, something that seems to have marked the ill-fated series as a whole.

But Dawn Treader is coming, with Michael Apted at the helm and 20th Century Fox directing its trade wind. I know I've stated it a million times before, but this is one Narnia installment that I'm desperate to see. It was my favorite of the books, and the film might actually work on a level that Wardrobe and Caspian haven't. There was more to be mined from those first two books than the films managed, but Dawn Treader is rather glossy and adventurous, a series of "What's that -- oh no!" moments that should make for a pretty entertaining movie. Sure, there's »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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First Look At The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the DawnTreader Production Stills

29 November 2009 3:39 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

It has been awhile since we had some Narnia news but now we got some really cool production stills from Fox Walden, who is now the studio behind the series. Originally Disney held the Narnia franchise as a co-production with the Walden Media but they decided to dump the series after a mediocre performance from Prince Caspian. FoxWalden, who does a majority of the Walden Media films jumped at the chance to continue the franchise.

The movie will be release on May 7, 2010 and that is something I just do not agree with and believe is what hurt the last release for Disney. Though these are traditionally beloved books globally, I feel these are movies that serve better for winter releases because of the fantasy nature of the films but also the family market it can attract better during the holidays rather than trying to compete with the heavy duty blockbuster movies in early May. »

- Kevin Coll

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New The Chronicles of Narnia 3 Photos

28 November 2009 11:34 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Here’s a few brand new movie stills from the upcoming film “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” by director Michael Apted (Rome) and starring Ben Barnes (Dorian Gray, Stardust) and Liam Neeson (Clash of the Titans). Synopsis: Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage of [...] »

- Brian Corder

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'Narnia 3' Wraps Production, Releases First Official Images

27 November 2009 6:42 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

After kicking off principal photography in Queensland, Australia on July 27, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" has finally lowered its anchor. A day after Thanksgiving, the crew and cast for the film were back to work to complete production of the movie.

"Today, November 27th, 2009, in Australia, is the last day of shooting 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'," so read a statement posted on Chronicles of Narnia facebook page. After this, the Fox Walden's movie project will enter one year of post production before the film is released in the U.S. on December 10, 2010.

A day before, three first official pictures from "Narnia 3" have been released on the same Facebook page. One particular still exposes Georgie Henley's Lucy Pevensie on the Dawn Treader ship. Then, Ben Barnes' King Caspian and Skandar Keynes' Edmund Pevensie are featured in another image. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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'Narnia 3' Pics and Blog!

27 November 2009 6:25 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

We received the heads up that there was a new website up for the third "Narnia" movie, and we'd thought we'd pass the info along. Here's more:Hey Everyone,Just wanted to invite you all to read the first in a series of blogs from the set of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."http://www.narniafans.com/archives/7928It also includes the first three official pictures from the film production. I run the official Facebook fan page for the film as well, which is where we debuted the blog along side the one that I posted on NarniaFans.com: http://www.facebook.com/narniamovies#/notes/chronicles-of-narnia/dedicated-to-the-ones-he-loves/212775292888We're hoping to get people excited for a return to the magic of Narnia, and with Michael Apted directing and cinematographer Dante Spinotti on the film, it's going to be different than the previous two in look and feel. »

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First images from 'Dawn Treader' debut online

27 November 2009 5:35 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

The "Chronicle of Narnia" Facebook page has just debuted three brand-new images from Michael Apted's upcoming big-screen adventure "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."

You can check out the stills above and below. The film wrapped principal photography this week down in Australia, and the release date is currently set for Dec. 10, 2010. It's the third film in the "Narnia" series.

The cast includes Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Gary Sweet and Will Poulter. I'm not a big "Narnia" fan and never read the books, so I have no clue what this one's about. »

- Franck Tabouring

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First Look at 'Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader'

27 November 2009 4:09 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

These photos are all around, but we grabbed them specifically from Filmofilia, so we'll give them the credit. It's our first glimpse of The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which Fox will release next December.

It's a far longer and more arduous process to get these books to the screen than was ever necessary. I suppose no board room was going to take a seven-film franchise too seriously before The Matrix and Lord of the Rings, and even though Lion, Witch maybe fell short cinematically, it kind of does on the page, too. I enjoyed Prince Caspian a lot more, even if the tone of the story is a lot stronger than in the first story. But Disney got scared by diminishing returns and it appeared as though the series was dead after two movies.

The truth is, Narnia is too good and too seminal for that kind of treatment, »

- Colin Boyd

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First Photos from The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

27 November 2009 12:02 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

It’s been over ten months since Fox boarded the flagging Chronicles of Narnia franchise and so far news on the fate of the fantasy series has been kind of thin. You may recall that Disney abandoned the Narnia ship after Prince Caspian, the second film in the series, brought in only $400 million worldwide.  That’s what’s called a disappointment in the world of Disney sequels… and a hit in the parlance of Fox. Director Michael Apted is about to wrap production on Narnia 3, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and the studio is marking the occasion by showing off their shiny new acquisition via Facebook. Check out three brand new Dawn Treader photos after the jump.

The photos that Fox posted feature Ben Barnes as King Caspian and two of those precocious Pevensie kids - Skander Keynes as Edmund and Georgie Henley as Lucy. We also get a »

- Nicole Pedersen

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First “The Chronicles of Narnia 3″ Photos

27 November 2009 9:48 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

20th Century Fox has released first ever hi-res photos from “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” on the official Facebook page for the Narnia.

In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie (Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes) return to Narnia when they are pulled through a picture of a ship onto the Dawn Treader, a ship belonging to Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes). On a mission to find the Seven Lost Lords, Caspian, Edmund, Lucy and their cousin Eustace Scrubb travel through Narnia, going on several adventures along the way.

The film, which has found itself a new home at Fox since Disney dropped the option, is being directed by Michael Apted (Thunderheart, The World Is Not Enough, Amazing Grace).

“The Chronicles of Narnia 3″ hits theaters on December 10th, 2010.

Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader »

- Allan Ford

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Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader Photos

27 November 2009 5:10 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Its been a while since we have heard much about the world of Narnia. Studio executives screwing with the script, studios buying and selling the property. Nothing much exciting and or positive has hit the feeds until now. We have three new photos from Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader for your Black Friday enjoyment. While nothing ground break or even stunning, they are what they are. First photos from the upcoming Narnia film.

Seen in the below photos are  Ben Barnes as King Caspian and Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie. Also Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie on the Dawn Treader as well. And if you can’t figure out that is the helm of the ship, well I will leave you to your own business.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is being directed by British filmmaker Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough, Amazing Grace) and »

- Matthew

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First pics from Dawn Treader

27 November 2009 1:04 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

  It's over a year away from release and we're not sure if its intended audience isn't more interested in Twilight than Dawn, but for those who are interested, check out these pics from The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. With Andrew Adamson, the director of the first two films, taking a break after whipping up Cs Lewis's fantasy world with the help of those clever Weta folks, Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough) has taken the helm for this third trip through the wardrobe. Voyage Of The Dawn Treader sees...

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- Jayne Nelson

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Narnia: The Dawn Treader Revealed

26 November 2009 2:10 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Prince Caspian did not have the success of its predecessor, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, but it was a solid fantasy film and it looks as if the third film will build on their foundations.

Comingsoon.net have noted the release of the first production stills via the film’s Facebook pages and they are striking in their design and point to a colourful journey ahead with the Dawn Treader. We see Ben Barnes as Caspian and Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie and Georgie Henley as Lucy as well as the titular Dawn Treader itself.

C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books are beloved by many people and I’m hoping we’ll see director Michael Apted continue to remain faithful to the source material and resist the temptation (and pressure from Fox perhaps) to make Narnia a Lord of the Rings lite/Potter franchise machine.

Check out the images below. »

- Jon Lyus

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How Glorious 39 could help America learn to love Stephen Poliakoff

13 November 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

He's our Paul Schrader, on an idiosyncratic journey, so why haven't my Us friends heard of Poliakoff?

Whenever my American friends ask me to name a good English director they've not heard of, I always push them towards the work of Stephen Poliakoff, whose Glorious 39 arrives this week. And those who take up my recommendation/challenge usually come back about three weeks later, after a bracing immersion in whatever traces of Poliakoff can be found in La's video stores, filled with gratitude and suddenly obsessed with Poliakoff's recurring themes: ancient family secrets, the power of images and documents to realign our understanding of histories both national and familial, and London as a city of secrets, forever yielding up surprises and shocks from its subterranean depths and farthest-flung outer suburbs; all somehow viewed by Poliakoff with the fresh-peeled eyeballs of a newly landed immigrant.

Poliakoff's American profile is diffuse and indistinct, »

- John Patterson

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Ida Career Award for Errol Morris

28 October 2009 6:58 PM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

The International Documentary Association has announced that Errol Morris will be feted as a career honoree at the 2009 Annual Ida Documentary Awards. The award - given to “a filmmaker who has made a major impact on the documentary genre through a long and distinguished body of work” - has previous gone to Sheila Nevins, Michael Apted, Ken Burns, Albert Maysles, Haskell Wexler, Michael Moore, and last year’s recipient, Werner Herzog. … »

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In Theaters: A Guitar Hero Commercial

9 October 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Like an American version of Michael Apted's Up series, the thirteen-year collaboration between Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau has produced a revealing look at the different stages of becoming a Hollywood player. Their 1996 debut, Swingers, hummed with the restless energy of young wannabes ready for their close-up, and when Hollywood subsequently offered the duo all the perks and shortfalls of the spotlight, the newly cynical sensibility it engendered ran a corrosive streak through their 2001 reunion, Made. The two men have seen their careers dip and stage a mighty comeback in the years since, and in their latest collaboration, the island comedy A Guitar Hero Commercial, we get an unpretty look at the fatty nonchalance of a newly minted Hollywood A-lister. »

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Scott Hicks: The Hollywood Interview

28 September 2009 12:56 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Scott Hicks: One Of The Boys

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Alex Simon

Scott Hicks made his bones as a filmmaker the old-fashioned way, paying his dues as a crew member during the Australian film industry’s birth in the 1970s. Born in Uganda March 4, 1953, and raised in Kenya, England and finally Australia, Hicks worked his way up to assistant director for soon-to-be big names such as Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford before moving into directing industrial films and documentaries for television. Hicks didn’t direct his first feature, Freedom, until 1982, and had to wait for his second, in 1996, to put him on the A-list. Shine was the true story of Australian piano prodigy David Helfgott, and his battle with mental illness. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and won a Best Actor statuette for Geoffrey Rush, who played Helfgott as an adult.

Hicks has been choosy since then, going back and »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Chicago International Film Festival gets extra day and ticket discounts

19 September 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

The Chicago International Film Festival is celebrating its 45th Anniversary, and it’s decided to add an extra day to the festival. Now it will run from October 8 to October 22. And check out the code below to get a discount to tickets for the fest.

Here’s the news release …

In celebration of the 45th year of The Chicago International Film Festival, Cinema/Chicago is announcing that it will add an extra day to this year’s schedule, bringing the Festival up to 15 days of cinematic exhibition. Festival founder Michael Kutza remarks “45 years is a milestone for our festival and as the oldest competitive film festival in North America, we wanted to ensure that we took the time to commemorate our achievements and celebrate our past.” Closing Night of the Chicago International Film Festival will now take place on the evening of October 22nd at the AMC River East 21 (322 E. »

- Jeff Bayer

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The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Photos

30 August 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Check out a few really cool behind the scenes photos of the Dawn Treader in the upcoming film “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” by director Michael Apted (Rome) and starring Ben Barnes (Dorian Gray, Stardust) and Liam Neeson (Clash of the Titans). Synopsis: Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

25 August 2009 11:39 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Website ComingSoon.net recently spoke to producer Mark Johnson about the third installment to the Chronicles of Narnia franchise, Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.. The third chapter finds Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their cousin Eustace, swallowed by a painting and mystically placed aboard the Dawn Treader ship. Along with friend Prince Caspian, the children sail to the far off Lone Islands where they duke it out with slave traders and other enchanted villains. Unlike the first two Narnia films, the third, directed by Michael Apted, will not be a direct adaptation. Instead, Apted wanted to create a new vision by giving the next installment a genuine feel. “I want to make a movie based on my recollection of it [as a child]” ha said. Taking on the imagination of a child, Apted felt that more would come out of the book and more imaginative thought would be put on screen. »

- Eric

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'Narnia 3' Is a Whole New Franchise

25 August 2009 12:50 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

After "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" failure to meet expectations, filmmakers will take different direction for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". The producer of the third installment of the adventure movies, Mark Johnson, recently told Coming Soon, "It's a whole new franchise, I think it's really benefiting from it. It's a slightly different look."

Explaining how "Narnia 3" will be different from the other two movies, Johnson said this "Narnia" film has similarity with Ray Harryhausen's 1958 film "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad". "This one is different from the others, it's in that ['The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad'] league and they go from island to island having adventures. I'm very excited about it," he noted.

Johnson later credited his co-producer Andrew Adamson for the idea of a different "Narnia", recalling "Adamson said something that was so smart early on. I had just re-read the book and he said, 'I don't »

- AceShowbiz.com

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