The next installment of The Chronicles of Narnia series could be closer than a lot of people thought. Prince Caspian is now rumoured to be targeting a Christmas 2007 release date. This really shouldn’t be surprising news to anyone since The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has been even more successful than anyone at Disney even projected (as of this writing it’s already made over $200 million world wide with no signs of slowing down heading into Christmas).
For those of you who don’t know much about Prince Caspian, here’s a short synopsis from Amazon:
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensey, the heroes and heroines from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, return in this fourth installment of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series. The four children are transported from an English train station to an island in the world of Narnia. Though Narnia has been at peace since the children left, it is now under the control of Wicked King Mirax. The youngsters, along with Aslan the great lion, must help young Prince Caspian restore Narnia’s glorious past.
As I mentioned in a previous Audio Edition, I actually preferred (by a little bit) The Chronicles of Narnia over King Kong. But as much as I liked Narnia, there is room for improvement. I’d be very interested in seeing Prince Caspian, and have little to no doubt that this thin will get made… and made fast. As a matter of fact I’d be totally shocked if we didn’t see Prince Caspian in theaters by Christmas 2007. Any longer than that would be a missed opportunity.
