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Movie details

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a motion picture being created by Walt Disney Studios in partnership with Walden Media. The film is based on the first book of the seven book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.

The film is currently in production in New Zealand with NZ director Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2) and is scheduled to be released on December 9, 2005, by Walt Disney Pictures. New movies are normally released in New Zealand on a Thursday, so it is likely C. S. Lewis fans will have to wait until December 15.

Filming is taking place in Auckland until mid-October, when the production will move to the South Island. Filming is expected to take six months to complete.

Walden Media has optioned the entire seven-part fantasy book series for film development.

Cast and crew announced so far

Director: Andrew Adamson

Screenwriter: Ann Peacock


Cast:


Georgie Henley, 9: Lucy

Skandar Keynes, 12: Edmund

Anna Popplewell, 15: Susan

William Moseley, 17: Peter

Tilda Swinton: The White Witch

James McAvoy: Tumnus

Jim Broadbent: the Professor

James Cosmo: Father Christmas

Rupert Everett: The voice of the fox

Ray Winstone: The voice of Mr. Beaver

Dawn French: The voice of Mrs. Beaver

Judy McIntosh (NZ): Matriarch of the Pevensie family

Elizabeth Hawthorne (NZ): Mrs MacReady

Patrick Kake (NZ): Centaur Oreius

Shane Rangi (NZ): General Otman, the minotaur leader of the White Witch's army


Special Effects: Weta Digital

Pictures from the set:


'Holly' the animatronic reindeer

Skandar Keynes (Edmund)

Anna Popplewell (Susan)

The young cast talks with Helen Clark

Director Andrew Adamson and Helen Clark

Georgie Henley

Anna Popplewell and Skandar Keynes

William Moseley

Helen Clark visits the set


Related links:

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Official site

The creation of Narnia - A timeline of the books' publication

The books of C. S. Lewis - About the author

NarniaWeb - Movie news

Into the Wardrobe - A site devoted to C.S. Lewis

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