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The producer of the next instalment of the Chronicles of Narnia says reports Disney has axed plans to make the sequel in New Zealand are wrong.
Britain's The Times newspaper reported Prince Caspian -- sequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe filmed in New Zealand in 2004 -- was to be made at Pinewood Studios in England.
As recently as late last month the Narnia website reported the movie would be filmed in New Zealand in February and March next year.
Post production was to be done in Prague, Czech Republic, the website said.
The Times reported tax breaks available to overseas film-makers -- which had been recently introduced -- played an important role in switching the movie to England.
However New Zealander Tim Coddington said there would be no change to New Zealand's involvement in the project.
The reports were wrong, he said.
Mr Coddington told Radio New Zealand he understood the role New Zealand would play in the film was still the same and details were expected this week.
New Zealander Andrew Adamson, who made the first movie, will also direct Prince Caspian.
Prince Caspian, first published in 1951, is the second book in the seven-book series written by C S Lewis.
- NZPA
