The Magician's Nephew, was published in 1955 prior to Joy going into remission in 1956. Whether Digory's sick and dying mother was inspired by Joy or not, I don't know, but the miracle of the silver apple healing his mother and then followed by the miracle of Joy's temporary remission in real life gives me goosebumps.

I know I've heard Doug talk about how powerful that part is for him in MN and I feel like this is probably one section of MN that the filmmakers will nail. At least I certainly hope so.

I always thought that Digory and Mabel were based on Lewis and his own mother. Lewis' mother died of cancer when he was about the same age as Digory. To me that made the ending scene very emotional, because it represented a sort of wish-fulfillment for Lewis, allowing him to imagine what his life would have been like if he hadn't lost his mother. After his mother's death, Lewis was sent away to a school run by a cruel, deranged headmaster who was apparently the inspiration for Uncle Andrew.

Also, Lewis finished writing MN in February of 1954, before Joy was diagnosed with cancer (in October of 1956).

I defently want to see her, but not a lot, so I voted just at the end. But I really don't care that much. One scene in the middle wouldn't be bad. They shouldn't leave her out, though.

Both at the end and during the story. FotF did it well. I think she lost hope and that's why she didn't want to eat neither take medicine or sleep so in the film there should be a scene where we see that.

I think she should be shown in the beginning and end. While in the book there is a lot of time for Digory to show how despairing he and his mother are about his situation, it might not work cinematically. If they showed her in the beginning looking deathly ill, it would provoke sympathy for both her and Digory.