Monthly Archives: November 2009
Ramandu’s Island: Concept Art
MundoNarnia.com reports (translated): I looked at the blog of Mirko Grillini, the actor who spoke about the characters Rhince and Rynelf and I discovered a conceptual art of the island of Ramandu! The art is quite small but you can …
Rhince and Rynelf on the Dawn Treader
If you’re avoiding movie spoilers, you may want to stop reading here. In his blog, Mirko Grillini (“The Belligerent Telmarine”) said this about Rhince and Rynelf. Arthur [Angel] plays Rhince in the film, joining the crew on board of the Dawn …
“Voyage of the Dawn Treader”: One of the 50 Biggest Movies of 2010
TimesOnline has published its list of “the 50 biggest movies of 2010.” The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader comes in at #16. One of a number of franchises jostling for the soon-to-be vacated Harry Potter spot, …
Lewis, Tolkien, and the Culture War
DallasNews.com reports: Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2009, lovers of two of the most popular writers of all time–C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, known popularly for the Narnia series and Lord of the Rings–may spend an evening with Peter …
Recollections on Life With C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis Society of California‘s Mark Neal recently interviewed Walter Hooper, “author and trustee of the literary estate of C. S. Lewis,” at Wheaton College [Wheaton, Illinois]. Hooper, an Anglican priest who later converted to Roman Catholicism, began writing to Lewis in …
New Pictures Straight From the Dawn Treader
MundoNarnia.com reports: Our most important contributors to Regys, found some photos direct from the studios. In one we see Gary Sweet, who plays the captain of the ship, Drinian in his armor in Pilgrim’s – which was disassembled and rebuilt …
Recent Visits to the Dawn Treader Set
Nicholas Greening visited the movie set last Friday. Here’s part of his blog: Last Friday I went to Movie World on the Gold Coast to meet with Mr Douglas Gresham, the stepson of C.S. Lewis who was the author of …
Mill Film Hired to Create Visual Effects for “Dawn Treader”
Last month we reported that Cinesite would create visual effects for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Now we learn a second VFX company, Mill Film, has been hired. Mill Film is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded work …
Tavros the Minotaur
The filmmakers have assigned to Shane Rangi yet another creature that did not appear in the Dawn Treader book; a minotaur by the name of Tavros. After a little research, I found that Tavros and Minotaur were the names given …
The Chronicles of Narnia on TV
NarniaWeb.com reports that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will appear on ABC Family Thursday, November 12, at 7:30pm Eastern Time. On cable TV, Starz Cinema will air Prince Caspian tomorrow at 1:45am, 11am, and 7:25pm ET. And there will be …