New Director for "VDT"

Director Chosen for Third Narnia Film
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According to AICN, Director Michael Apted has been chosen to direct the third Narnia film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The first film did amazing well and was directed by Andrew Adamson who is currently directing the sequel Prince Caspian which will bow in theaters on May 18, 2008. Word is that Apted is a huge fan of the series and was only eight years old when the books were published. So he would have been the target age for them growing up.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader follows Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace. Together they get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader, and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions, including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted islands, including the place where dreams come true.

Current speculation is that the fourth film will be based on the book The Silver Chair. We will keep you up to date on casting and everything else as it is announced.

"VDT" begins pre-production

Dawn Treader Begins
Third Narnia gets new director.
by Paul Davidson

April 10, 2007 - The accelerated production schedule for The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader appears to be going ahead as planned. As we reported earlier, Walden Media and Disney are hoping to release Narnia films roughly one year apart from each other. Given the complexity of these big-budget, effects-laden films, that means overlapping production schedules. Dawn Treader is expected to begin filming soon after the Prince Caspian shoot ends, utilizing a separate crew and director.

Sources have supplied additional confirmation of this to the NarniaWeb.com website, stating that a new director has already been chosen for the third film, and that pre-production work is underway. Exactly who has been selected to helm the picture remains secret for now, but it's been known for some time that Andrew Adamson would probably step down as director after Prince Caspian was completed.

While production on Caspian wraps up the New Zealand portion of its schedule and heads to the Czech Republic and Slovenia, Walden Media's location scouts are already on the prowl seeking out prime locales for the Dawn Treader's fantastic voyage. That story takes place largely at sea and on various tropical islands, and regions that have been suggested as potential shooting locations include the Australian coast, the Bahamas, and Malta.