Now that The Magician's Nephew adaptation is currently in production and we have a discussion about Greatest Hopes / Greatest Fears for the Adaptation of The Magician's Nephew, while we don't know where they'll go from there, it's almost certain that it will end with The Last Battle. It's the most logical way to end the franchise, because hey, it's the last book. So I thought we could discuss what specific thing we hope to see well done and what specific thing, if any, are we hoping they WON'T do with it or might even be concerned about.

On that note, I'll go ahead and start with mine-

Greatest Hope: Emeth meeting with Aslan. It's actually one of  my favorite scenes in the book and even in the entire series. If they nail that quiet, profound conversation on the threshold of the New Narnia, with Emeth's humble confusion turning to radiant joy… well, that’s the adaptation succeeding at its hardest, most beautiful task. They *have* to get the tone right—no grand orchestral swell drowning it out, just simple truth spoken gently. 

Greatest Fear: My greatest fear is probably that is how they're doing to address that whole thing about loyalty, friendship, and manipulation. The book actually deals a lot with manipulation, with Shift manipulating Puzzle into pretending to Aslan, then Shift getting manipulated himself by Rishda and Ginger. So the whole thing is about, "Should I be loyal to Aslan or Tash or should I just not side with either?" I mean, manipulation is a relevant topic, but I think there's a concern that a movie could go overboard with it. I don't think they should. I think it should be all about loyalty and friendship, like with Tirian and Jewel sticking by each other, then Poggin being the only dwarf to show gratitude for being set free, and even Eustace and Jill sticking by when things seemed to get out of hand.