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AICN Breaking NARNIA Exclusive: Mrs Beaver feels the director of THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER is very Apted!

Lets get through Prince Caspian first. . . by Rikrik the White	Apr 17th, 2007 05:20:11 PM
uhhh, yeah.
No love For Extreme Measures? by supersize	Apr 17th, 2007 05:21:39 PM
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I just got off the phone with Mrs. Beaver by Mullah Omar	Apr 17th, 2007 05:26:19 PM
...and she says the judge finally issued a restraining order against Borat.
42up by maluquiro	Apr 17th, 2007 05:26:47 PM
is a really good documentary.
YEAH!!!! by Fing Fang Foom	Apr 17th, 2007 05:42:50 PM
I mean,... whatever.
Odds are 10:1 by Quin the Eskimo	Apr 17th, 2007 06:01:36 PM
the CHUD guys will act like meaniepants assholes when they report this. Also, I remeber reading an interview with him a while back (ebert may have done the interviewing) and I was struck positivly by his work ethic.
Thrilled by Larry of Arabia	Apr 17th, 2007 07:40:15 PM
My favorite of the Narnia books has a great director. I don't care if he's never handled "big" epics, he will get the heart of the story while the second unit focuses on the battles.
Rome by bbf203	Apr 17th, 2007 07:51:23 PM
He did some great work directing a bunch of episodes of the first season of HBO's Rome, including the first episode.
vying out? by I87D	Apr 17th, 2007 09:50:49 PM
sorry, but since vying usually means "in competition for" I couldn't tell what you were saying about Adamson -- did he want to direct (vying for the job) or was he being forced out? context clues tell me he's more Columbus than Burton on this one. ps - i hate it when people answer their own questions, but post about them anyway in the talkback. kinda annoying.
Third Tuesday This Month Without DVD Column by Bungion Boy	Apr 17th, 2007 10:42:29 PM
But Harry has time to report rumors on a film that's what? Five years away? Oh well. Can't say I totally blame him. Voyage was probably my favorite Narnia book. Or maybe Silver Chair. And Michael Apted is a good choice. Hope it's better than the first film, which I didn't totally love. But back to my original point, come on Harry. Let's get back to the DVD reports. Or give it back to Moriarty. I've spoken my peace.
Anyone but Adamson. by Kasch	Apr 17th, 2007 10:44:47 PM
Hopefully this will be like the Harry Potter films - a hack director makes the first two installments before the series finally gets the right treatment from a real filmmaker. Time will tell.
Sincerest thanks by Immortal_Fish	Apr 17th, 2007 11:58:17 PM
AICN often favors criticism of christianity when compared to other religions. Congrats on taking the high road.
First time beaver ever sought out Harry by Horace Cox	Apr 18th, 2007 12:19:32 AM
Just kidding big man. Sort of...
criminally underrated THUNDERHEART by GQtaste	Apr 18th, 2007 12:37:51 AM
Lets not get crazy here. From what I remember of that one was a vanity project for Kilmer. And a very boring one too.
Hmmm.... by NachoNegro	Apr 18th, 2007 01:19:46 AM
Let's see how Prince Caspian turns out first. LWW was... underwhelming. OK in parts, but not how I ever imagined Narnia.
this would make more sense if it were harry potter by s0nicdeathmonkey	Apr 18th, 2007 01:20:02 AM
what with the up series and all.
This is going to flop without Kirstin Dunst by Mike_D	Apr 18th, 2007 02:25:40 AM
they better hire her AS mrs. Beaver before its too late!
DerLanghaarige by kwisatzhaderach	Apr 18th, 2007 02:32:46 AM
You've obviously never seen Die Another Day then?
Man.. by Hyphin	Apr 18th, 2007 03:54:26 AM
You said Die Another Day and out of nowhere, nausea hit me. Hah, man that one sucked. Who knew they could come back? Dawn Treader is a fantastic story. It really is. I actually look forward to it more than Prince Caspian. Then again, I wish Silver Chair would get here faster, too. So, how many are heading out to the bookstores midnight for Deathly Hallows?
A View To A Kill by palimpsest	Apr 18th, 2007 04:29:28 AM
That's one shonky movie. Apted? Capable, competent director. Nice guy, with his heart in the right place (see the UP docs for all the evidence you'd ever need). It would be good to see a slightly left-field choice for this kinda material. If we're employing middle-aged Brits, why not Alan Parker?
All for the new director provided... by ROBE	Apr 18th, 2007 06:22:15 AM
... he understands he is do the next part of a series and doesn't go for re-imagining. Fortunately with the Narnia series they naturally hop from one time period to another and visit new locations.
Yeah, he made that awful bond film by Vicenzo	Apr 18th, 2007 06:24:54 AM
The one with Denise Richards as a rocket scientist.
harry's pomeranian by PotSmokinAlien	Apr 18th, 2007 08:06:35 AM
that is the most salient proof that this fiancee of yours actually exists, friend.
Apted used to do good film work,but turned into a hack by Greg7007	Apr 18th, 2007 08:20:22 AM
Andrew Adamson is such a lousy live action director, that any news of someone else taking over with Narnia is good. Apted did do very good work in the films Harry mentioned, but in recent years seems to have unfortunately turned into a hack over the last 12 years.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is Not Enough. by Rikrik the White	Apr 18th, 2007 09:11:59 AM
Yeah, I hope this director can pull this off. I am a huge Bond fan, and the best thing about "The World is Not Enough" is Garbage's Music Video. Why don't they just enslave Peter Jackson and force him to make these films?
Dawn Treader by PwnedByStallone	Apr 18th, 2007 09:54:39 AM
It's the worst book of the series. Seriously. Don't make a movie out of it. I'd take a Magician's Nephew or a Horse and His Boy over a Dawn Treader movie in a heart beat.
Thunderheart is a great movie. by PwnedByStallone	Apr 18th, 2007 10:07:36 AM
One of my favorites. Kicking Bird is great as the Sheriff in that movie. The World is not Enough is indeed the worst Bond ever. Denise Richards as a fake breasted nuclear physicist runnign around in short shorts? Even for a fucking Bond movie that is hard to believe. Die Another Day was ok. The sword fight made that one worth watching.
Denise Richards as a Rocket Scientist by Itchy	Apr 18th, 2007 11:39:25 AM
That still gets a chuckle out of me. Then again, I have to imagine the chicks attending physics class at the local Univeristy aren't much to look at, so why wouldn't some doddering old geek toss her a passing grade for a hummer.
Dawn Treader is my favorite Narnia book by ar42	Apr 18th, 2007 12:25:32 PM
Actually, the only one I really remember anything about. Sailing to the edge of the world kicks ass!
Itchy by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Apr 18th, 2007 01:39:29 PM
Plus the name- Christmas Jones, or whatever the hell her last name was. But I gotta admit I had to think about it more when someone put it this way: we can accept James Bond breaking out of his restraints in an airplane that is about to crash, pummeling a few bad guys, and leaping out of a plane sans chute to catch the only guy with a chute, put the beat down on him and float down to safety before landing .. where this time the ladies only bisexual nudist camp and champagned tasting seminar,but..... we can't picture Denise Richards as a rocket scientist?
This means they need to get busy by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Apr 18th, 2007 01:51:43 PM
doing the Silver Chair and Last Battler as Eustace Clarence Scrubb is in all three. Although my least favorite, you can't omit Silver Chair because it introduces Jill Pole who is in the last battle. Plus the question in Last Battle is will they use the same actors for Pevenses (sp whatever) or not. Plus you would need to use the same professor actor from Wardrobe to play the "Lord Digory? Okay, I know none of this will ever happen, but in theory...... Oh yeah, and Horse and His Boy will never be made because it will offend the Muslims. Oh, but Last Battle will do the same. Crap. Okay, I guess we settle for the first three books (published date, not chronological) and may Magicians Nephew. Nephew could even be filmed simultaneously.
TWINE was weak by Osmosis Jones	Apr 18th, 2007 01:54:22 PM
Certianly not the "Worst Bond Ever!" (that's DUD...uh, I mean DAD), but it squandered some interesting ideas for clumsy action setpieces and Richards' ludicrous "scientist".
The guy who did "Amazing Grace"? by rev_skarekroe	Apr 18th, 2007 05:06:53 PM
Screw that noise. They should get the guy who did "Amazing Grace & Chuck".
Itchy gets it. . . by Rikrik the White	Apr 18th, 2007 05:43:11 PM
Why doesn't everyone else? But you forgot to mention that Bond does it all without so much as getting a wrinkle in his tux.
This year's little Coal Miner's Daughter! by Doctor_Sin	Apr 18th, 2007 09:58:53 PM
Whatever happened to the "Tripods" books being made into films?
First Narnia film sucked. by scrivener	Apr 19th, 2007 12:56:18 AM
"First Narnia" is so much easier to type than "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." Anyway, in order to make the PG rating, they had to cut A LOT of important footage - making the film feel incomplete, jumpy, and obviously censored. I don't think I'll bother seeing another one of these films until they get over their PG-13-phobia.
Yeah, the first should have been so much better by performingmonkey	Apr 19th, 2007 09:37:58 AM
It was OK but we're talking one of the most well-loved book series ever, 'OK' just isn't enough. It's good that they have taken an extra long break before doing Prince Caspian because that might mean it'll be a leap forward. The four kids might seem too old though. Caspian is the one they'll have to invent a HELL of a lot for. They probably will with The Last Battle as well. What I would do is shoot Magician's Nephew and The Last Battle together, combining them into one movie so we see the birth and death of Narnia. Like someone else said, it's doubtful that they'll do The Horse And His Boy, even though it's good. The story is that the white son of the King has somehow grown up a slave to a 'dark-skinned' man of Calormen and he escapes to the north with a talking horse from Narnia. I suppose they could do it and modernise it but it's like a side story off from the main Narnia story.
Denise Richards in World is not Enough hehe by tylermo	Apr 19th, 2007 11:46:29 AM
Admittedly, James Bond is nothing but unrealistic, but Denise Richards as a convincing nuclear physicist was even more so. Even the Bond girl name, Christmas Jones, was one of the worst. Probably came up with the name just to be able to use that groaner joke at the end about Christmas only coming once a year. Either way, the only academy award she was in danger of getting for that film was, "Best brief wet t-shirt nipple in a motion picture" Just my thought.

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