The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andrew Adamson |
| Produced by | Andrew Adamson |
| Starring | Anna Popplewell William Moseley Georgie Henley Skandar Keynes Liam Neeson (voice) |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures Buena Vista Pictures |
| Language | English |
| Budget | TBA |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 film based on Prince Caspian, the second published novel in C.S. Lewis' children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. It will be the second film in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Originally scheduled for a December 2007 release, the film has been pushed back to a Summer 2008 premiere to avoid competing against another Walden Media film, The Water Horse. [1]
Plot
Template:Spoiler Prince Caspian uses Susan's magic horn to call the four Pevensies to Narnia. One year has passed in our world since their first adventure ended, but in Narnia a thousand years have passed. The children are once again enlisted to join the colorful creatures of Narnia in combating King Miraz, a villain who prevents the rightful prince from ruling the land.
Cast
Confirmed
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| William Moseley | Peter Pevensie |
| Anna Popplewell | Susan Pevensie |
| Skandar Keynes | Edmund Pevensie |
| Georgie Henley | Lucy Pevensie |
| Liam Neeson | voice of Aslan |
Expected
New Cast
| Role | |
|---|---|
| Prince Caspian | An unknown actor |
| King Miraz | Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes,Alan Rickman and others have been mentioned |
False Rumors
In an April Fools Day jest, NarniaWeb.com published several mock cast listings for Prince Caspian. Some of these listings were subsequently repeated as fact on other websites.
| Role | |
|---|---|
| Reepicheep | Mr. T has not been mentioned for this role, except in an April Fools Day article. |
| Queen Prunaprismia | Melissa Morgan is not confirmed for this role. (see note) |
- While it is true that the confirmation of Melissa Morgan for the role of Queen Prunaprismia was a jest, this does not mean that she will not be getting the role. In fact, it is quite possible that she will, given the internet hype on the subject. However, the author of the April Fools Day prank, himself a contributor to this article, thinks it unlikely. But nevertheless, actions can have unintended consequences, so there is simply no knowing at this point.
Production Status
Pre-production began on February 4, 2006 with filming set to begin in Fall 2006, possibly on location somewhere in Ireland, which is Belfast-born C. S. Lewis's native country, or New Zealand, where the first Narnia film was shot.
It has been reported that the visual effects team behind The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has taken a good look at Prince Caspian and have commented on how it will have to have bigger and better effects. There's also the possibility of a slightly larger Aslan and more creatures and battle sequences than the first film [2].
Dean Wright, the Oscar-nominated visual-effects supervisor for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, told SCI FI Wire that he and his colleagues are already looking ahead to the sequel, Prince Caspian.
Wright also confirmed that the sequel will bring back the main animal character, Aslan (voiced in the first film by Liam Neeson), as well as a host of familiar and new creatures - "There's new hero creatures, specifically Badger and his mouse, Reepicheep. Again, there's huge battle sequences. I know from talking to Andrew just briefly before he left: He wants to make this bigger and better than the first Narnia film".
Director Andrew Adamson hasn't written the sequel's script yet, but Wright said the effects team will begin computer "pre-visualization" of scenes from Prince Caspian "probably in a couple of months, and then full on into preproduction. You know, the film is going to kick off before you know it, and we'll be going like gangbusters, probably, I would say, within the next two to four months".
"One of the challenges [is that] it's described in the text that he does increase in size. At one point, he's finally referenced as being the size of an elephant. That's where interpretations of the filmmakers are going to come into play, how to pull it off... we also successfully avoided Aslan getting doused in water in the first film. But as soon as we get into The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and that sort of stuff, it's going to be harder to avoid" says Wright. (Source: SciFiWire.com.)
Soundtrack
Media Ventures composer Harry Gregson-Williams is returning to score Prince Caspian.
Sequence/Order?
Some fans of the book series are confused by the order of the films' production. Many people ask why The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, to them the second book, was filmed first, followed by Prince Caspian, to them the fourth. The reason is that the films are being made in the original publishing order, which follows the growth of the children from Earth for the first four books. See The Chronicles of Narnia for further explanation of the varying ordering of the series.
See also
- Prince Caspian
- C.S. Lewis
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Andrew Adamson
- The Chronicles of Narnia (TV miniseries)
- The Chronicles of Narnia film series