Surprised by Joy (Working Title)

There is currently a film in the works on the life of C.S. Lewis.  Currently titled Surprised by Joy it is set to come out late 2011 or early 2012.  The film is to be shot in Oxford, England starting next March by Grey House Films.  You can go here to read more about the film and an interview with one of the writers, Darren Jacobs.

A message from Rynelf

Sorry it's taken me so long to post this!

Right. . . where to begin? I follow Tony Nixon on facebook - Tony plays Rynelf in VODT. Through a link on my facebook profile, Mr. Nixon found our Narnia blog - and tried to leave a comment on this post, but wasn't able to. . . so he sent me a message on facebook instead. Here's what he had to say:

Hi Guys, Tony Nixon here (Rynelf) not sure what you mean by doesn't match? If you mean the size you may be right. I'm 99% sure that a lot more sail will be CGI on top of what you see here. When "master and commander" was made the same method was used .... I "think" full sail would be too dangerous for the ship as it stands on a hydraulic gimbal.
I did a scene in the crows nest and believe me the CG image I saw on the monitor after had a lot more height to it than you see here. I was about 20 ft off the ground in the "Nest" and I think this and the "Fighting tops" are all added later .... She will look magnificent.
But I don't know for sure ...... just an educated guess shall we say.

How cool is that, getting a personal message from one of the sailors of the Dawn Treader! :-D Thank you so much, Tony, for taking the time to respond to our blog post!

An invitation. . .

Would any of you Narnia fans be interested in joining me as co-authors of this blog? I think it would be great to make this a team effort, rather than just me doing it on my own. It would make things a lot more colourful, and a lot less boring. :-)

If you're interested, let me know!

Welcome!

With all the buzz and excitement about the upcoming Narnia movies - in particular, the third movie in the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - I have decided to start a blog where I can post updates and news about the new Narnia film. It will be a place for me to vent my excitement and enthusiasm, and for you to stay updated on all the latest Narnia news! At least, that's the idea.

I've been trying to think of a clever title for this blog, but I can't think of anything. If you can think of something better and more original than "Chronicles of Narnia Movie News", please leave a comment and I will consider using your suggestion as a new title for the blog.

Well, here goes! :-D

~Elise