February 02, 2006
Aslan Is On The Move - Again
Our pal Lintenfiniel Jen links to a story reporting that production will be starting later this year on Prince Caspian, with a possible Christmas '07 target release date.
I'm very curious how they're going to go about fiddling with the chronology. As Lewis fans know, this time around the Pevensey children fall into Narnia in the middle of Caspian's story (and only after he summons them). The narrative then has to backtrack to the beginning of that tale, come forward to the point where the children appear and then move on from there. As I've said several times before, I've always found this to be a somewhat awkward arrangement. It would be even more awkward on the screen, I think. Somehow or other, the writers are going to have to balance the two stories in a manner that doesn't get confusing, yet at the same time does not leave either Caspian or the Children out of the picture too long.
Posted by Robert at February 2, 2006 02:31 PM | TrackBackNo question, Prince Caspian poses some interesting problems for the scriptwriters. (For that matter, The Silver Chair and The Last Battle are going to be a bit tricky as well.)
The good news is that the producers are now committed to telling the stories in the *real* order, as opposed to the meretricious "chronological" order that's held sway for the last twenty years. Here's hoping the movies reduce that rearrangement to an ill-advised but short-lived experiment.
Posted by: utron at February 2, 2006 03:46 PMAmen, Utron.
Posted by: Brian B at February 2, 2006 04:20 PM
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