Comments on: Disney Bails on 'Narnia' Franchise

By: Quake82

Quake82 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:52:05 +0000

also, there is no reason why Disney spent over $200 million producing "Prince Caspian" – I mean Peter Jackson spent just over $280 million producing all THREE Lord of the Rings films. Come on people, try focusing on the quality of the special effects instead of just the "number" of special effects.

Terminator 3 cost over $250 million and yet its special effects weren't much of an upgrade (if any) from the effects created way back in 1990 for Terminator 2.

By: Quake82

Quake82 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:46:01 +0000

@Clark: I agree, Disney was out of their mind to move the release date up from Holiday '08 to Summer '08. Personally, I was very unimpressed with this holiday season's slate of films (+ the mediocre "Bedtime Stories" & "Marley & Me" were really the only family-friendly fare – "Caspian" would've blown them all away).

I think if Walden Media is willing to cut "Dawn Treader's" budget to a more manageable $135-150 million (and armed with their new director, & quality cast) they will have no trouble attracting a new studio. Hell, I bet more independent-minded studios such as Mel Gibson's "Icon Entertainment" or "NewMarket Films" could definitely be attracted to committing to at least 1-2 more Narnia films. Also, "New Line Cinema" would be an obvious choice – I mean they did do a fantastic job with a certain fantasy trilogy back in the early 2000's.

Someone please, give this series new life. Its not phenomanal, its not Lord of the Rings, but its still an epic story worthy telling.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:50:31 +0000

Memo to Disney: DO NOT MESS WITH RELEASE DATES. What worked for the first one would've worked for the next one. Had they released Caspian this Holiday season instead of Last May, it would've had the holidays all to itself. There was no Potter or any other summer-type blockbuster this holidays.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:33:51 +0000

I definitely care. The series is entirely worth it just to get to "The Last Battle". I would be ticked if they bailed on this just because one of the books got poorly adapted and underperformed. Someone is bound to step in on this.

By: Justin Casey

Justin Casey — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:44:16 +0000

the first one was good and i have yet to see prince caspian because it got such terrible reviews so i hope disney thinks it over or the series should just be dropped or maybe they'll hand it over to touchstone

By: angel

angel — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:29:15 +0000

I care if they make the movies, Brad! I enjoyed them, for my part. I think they are thoughtful and visually appealing. They are also good for kids. How many movies can we say that about these days, what with Hollywood's obsession with putting sex, drugs, and money into as many movies as they can? I hope these movies get made. It's a nice time in the theater for the family.

By: adu

adu — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:40:30 +0000

Good riddens I say, the movies were average at best, and the actors sucked.

By: George Wilson

George Wilson — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:05:03 +0000

According to http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.php
Both movies made well over what it cost to make them, not even including ancillary (video, TV etc.) earnings, (and you know Disney will milk the video/DVD cow for all it's worth for years to come) so what are they complaining about!!??!!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:49:58 +0000

I think they should make all of them. It doesn't really matter who makes them, I guess, as long as they get done. That's just me though with my all-or-nothing mentality.

By: joker47

joker47 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:50:26 +0000

man, i hope they reconsider…i enjoyed the Narnia films, and Disney's involvement helped it that more!