Tristar trying again with ‘The Silver Chair.’

Tristar will be taking a (permitted*) bite at the Narnia apple with ‘The Silver Chair.’  This makes the third studio that will try to turn the Chronicles of Narnia – an intellectual property with an absolutely loyal fan base and a stellar reputation** – into a billion-dollar movie franchise. It’s kind of weird that they haven’t managed this yet, honestly.  Although I’m sure that half my comments section would be willing to hazard a guess as to why.

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*I need hardly note what would be the disastrous effects of Tristar taking a bite without permission.

**Despite certain people’s best efforts.

10 thoughts on “Tristar trying again with ‘The Silver Chair.’”

    1. My objections we’re based on how they changed the core characters. They made Peter angry in Caspian, undermining his own character in the books. Jackson did the same sort of thing to Farragut and it weakened that character as well.

    2. Totally agree with the overproduced battles and trying to add things that are not in the book takes away from the story.

  2. Also:
    Nothing Chronicles-related will ever exceed the superb unabridged versions read by an astounding number of British actors. I mean:

    The Magician’s Nephew narrated by Kenneth Branagh
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe narrated by Michael York
    The Horse and His Boy narrated by Alex Jennings
    Prince Caspian narrated by Lynn Redgrave
    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader narrated by Derek Jacobi
    The Silver Chair narrated by Jeremy Northam
    The Last Battle narrated by Patrick Stewart

    Come on.
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    Although SNL’s “Lazy Sunday” is highly amusing…

  3. I imagine that A Boy and his Horse will be a heavy lift for current Hollywood sensibilities.

    1. Thought it was a Horse and his Boy ..
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      The descriptions of the Calormen would, indeed, give Hollywood .. trouble.
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      Most seriously, the religious tropes aren’t the problem .. Hollywood is fine with tame religious tropes ..
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      The nationalistic tropes would be more of a challenge for current-day Hollywood, although they’ve certainly done nationalism in the past..
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      The combination, though .. where the religious tropes and nationalistic tropes combine *and are the heroes* .. yeah. That’d ‘splode some heads.
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      Mew

  4. I enjoyed the Narnia movies. I can’t say they did a whole lot wrong, but I’m not a super stickler for details as long as the major points are hit. It could have been more overt in its Christian themes, but they are there if you’re looking for them.

  5. The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe was pretty good for both series starts, and then they get into sequel mode which kills the series. Zamoose is right about the misunderstanding of the underlying themes as well.
    Just give me a fan who can write to direct the thing!

    And a Horse and His Boy is the best in the series. Pity it’ll never get done, even though they could throw a TOUCH of Game-of-Thrones cynicism in to make the nationalism more palatable.

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