The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of films by Walden Media based on the series of books of the same name by CS Lewis . Marketing for the first two parts was done by the Walt Disney Company , then 20th Century Fox . The BBC trilogy from 1988, 1989 and 1990 are remakes .
The series has so far comprised three films and began with The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia from 2005 and tells the adventures of the Pevensie siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy and their cousin Eustachius Knilch in the fictional magical world of Narnia , which in the individual films got there in different ways from Great Britain . The roles mentioned were played by William Moseley , Anna Popplewell , Skandar Keynes , Georgie Henley and Will Poulter . Another actor is Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian X .
Directed by Andrew Adamson and Michael Apted . Producers of all previous parts were Philip Steuer and Mark Johnson ; however, they have so far carried out the task with at least two other people. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have contributed to every script in the series so far . The film series grossed over $ 1.5 billion worldwide.
overview
So far, the first three books in the Narnia series have been filmed by Walden Media. In 2011 Walden Media lost the rights to film the Narnia novels. A fourth movie The Silver Armchair , which was supposed to be funded by Sony Pictures , did not materialize because Netflix bought the rights for $ 200 million in 2018.
| No. | title | Original title | Director | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | 2005 |
| 2 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | 2008 |
| 3 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Journey of the Dawn | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Michael Apted | 2010 |
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The Pevensie siblings find their way to Narnia for the first time through a closet. There they ally themselves with Aslan, a lion and king of Narnia, except Edmund, one of the siblings, who betrays the others and follows the white witch Jadis, who also calls herself Queen of Narnia. The children also meet Santa Claus, who gives them weapons, and Susan a horn, which she is supposed to blow when she is in great danger, so that help can rush over. In the meantime, Edmund realizes that the witch is evil and turns to Aslan as well. Finally, there is a decisive battle in which Peter, the eldest of the siblings, has to take the lead. After defeating the white witch's force and dying, the siblings are crowned kings of Narnia until they return to the real world as children many years later.
A year later they are brought back to Narnia when the pursued prince Caspian, a Telmarer, blows Susan's horn. Back in Narnia, the siblings find a changed environment, as 1300 years have passed there. They find Prince Caspian, who explains to them that his uncle Miraz is hunting him and wants to kill him so that his son can become King of Narnia. During this time he is protected by the rebellious Narnians. Finally there is a duel between Peter, who fights for Caspian, and Miraz. Peter decides this fight for himself. The victory allows Caspian to become the rightful heir to the throne of Narnia, and Aslan sends the Pevensie siblings back to their world, announcing that neither Susan nor Peter, the two older siblings, will return to Narnia.
Three years later, the younger siblings, Lucy and Edmund, return to Narnia with their cousin Eustachius Knilch through a painting. There they come across the dawn , a ship that sails under the command of Caspian in the hope of finding the seven missing lords. On this journey you will learn something about a mysterious green fog that embodies evil, continues to spread and abducts people. You can stop him and free the people if you bring the swords of the seven lost lords to the stone table. Eventually it succeeds and people are set free. The three children return from the fictional world after Aslan has now also told Lucy and Edmund that they would not return to Narnia.
Differences to the book templates
The first part of the series , the original book of which was The King of Narnia , is a film adaptation that is quite faithful to the book. But there were still small differences compared to the original: For example, Edmund rides a speaking horse, which according to the book Der Ritt nach Narnia no Narniane would do unless there was war. So Edmund rides his horse to battle, but he continues to ride his horse even after the battle.
The second film adaptation , Prince Caspian of Narnia , still roughly adheres to the original book, but not as strongly as the first. Probably the biggest change is that the break-in into Miraz's castle, whereby the Narnians lost half their force, does not appear in the book. In return, however, a battle is mentioned in the book, which was not shown in the film and in which the Narnians also lost half their force.
The third part , the book of which is Die Reise auf der Morgenröte , has so far been the film adaptation that adheres least to the original: The story of the seven swords of the seven lords does not even appear in the book, which means that the entire plot is new must be told. Therefore the order of the islands was changed.
Staff overview
| No. | title | Director | script | production | music | camera | cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The king of Narnia | Andrew Adamson | Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus , Stephen McFeely , Ann Peacock | Mark Johnson , Philip Steuer , Perry Moore , Douglas Gresham | Harry Gregson-Williams | Donald M. McAlpine | Sim Evan-Jones , Jim May |
| 2 | Prince Caspian of Narnia | Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely | Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson, Perry Moore, Philip Steuer, Douglas Gresham | Karl Walter Lindenlaub | Sim Evan-Jones | ||
| 3 | The journey on the dawn | Michael Apted | Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni | Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson, Philip Steuer, Douglas Gresham | David Arnold | Dante Spinotti | Rick Shaine |
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reception
| year | title | Gross profit | Box office income in the USA |
budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The king of Narnia | $ 745.0 million | $ 291.7 million | $ 180 million |
| 2008 | Prince Caspian of Narnia | $ 419.7 million | $ 141.6 million | $ 225 million |
| 2010 | The journey on the dawn | $ 415.7 million | $ 104.4 million | $ 155 million |
literature
- Julia Helmke: Seeing the divine through children's eyes. Theological reflections on the CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. In: Thomas Bohrmann, Werner Veith, Stephan Zöller (Eds.): Handbuch Theologie und Popular Film . Volume 3. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-77535-1 , pp. 249-262.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Narnia producer explains why the silver armchair did not materialize , filmfutter.com, December 27, 2019
- Jump up ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia - The King of Narnia. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian of Narnia. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on May 9, 2020 .
- Jump up ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Complete cast of The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia . In: moviepilot.de , accessed on April 16, 2019.
- ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - IMDb. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian cast . Yahoo! . Retrieved October 10, 2008.
- ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) - IMDb. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) - IMDb. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
- ↑ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Cast Listing . NarniaWeb. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
- ↑ a b c http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=narniavs.htm (September 5, 2011), please take the link to the respective overall success.