They misspelled Edmund's name. I liked how they got Georgie's initial reaction to the magician's library. Overall, it's very encouraging.

This is mostly encouraging to me. While I definitely don't agree with everything Mr. Apted has to say, I get the feeling that he understands the stories a bit better than Andrew did. He embraces the fantastical elements and childlike quality while still taking them seriously and realizing they are deep. Andrew always seemed to do one or the other. In LWW he embraced the fantastical elements but didn't seem to grasp the deeper aspects. In PC he grasped some of the deeper aspects, but sort of shied away from the childlike qualities. Hopefully Apted will be able to balance both intelligently as I believe the books do.

This was particularly encouraging:

CS: What is it about the Narnia franchise that you love?
Apted: I think they're good stories. From a director's point of view, they're very different stories so when you come onto it you do sort of have your own story. You're not just following someone else's story. I think they're children [stories] but they have adult themes. I like animals and I like treating animals as adults and treating children as adults and things like that. They have a good sort of serious quality to them. They're not just lightweight, there's a substance to them. They're charming and funny and imaginative.

Looking forward to the other interviews!

I'll always be a,
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I think it is good that they're giving Coriakin a more vital role in the film. If he had the same role as in the book, people may have wondered why he was even there. In the book it worked because the events on the various islands had little bearing on one another.

^^ good point! that could be why he is the one telling them all that stuff.....it makes me even more certain that he's the one who says "You are all about to be tested" in the trailer!

I love Michael Apted's logic on why some of VotDT was changed. it makes SO much sense to me! love it!
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Well the book was just a series of unconnected scenes. They have made a connection.

Excellent interview. Very little new information about the movie, but quite a bit about Apted's approach to it (which on whole has sounded better than Adamson's).

but to add to the magical element of the story in the film, snow was added after she reads the spells. Apted wanted to highlight the magic of Narnia and thought it was a good place in the movie to do so.

So he added snow because it would look cool and "magical"?

It is also explained why they must find the seven lords of Telmar who were exiled by Caspian's uncle, around the time that "Prince Caspian" takes place

I was a bit confused by this. Does Coriakin just give them another reason to find the lords or was finding the lords not the original intent of the voyage?

They have a good sort of serious quality to them. They're not just lightweight, there's a substance to them. They're charming and funny and imaginative.

This is probably one the most reassuring things he could have said. I get the feeling that Apted understands Narnia is more than just another kid's fantasy series. And that is a good thing.

I was a bit confused by this. Does Coriakin just give them another reason to find the lords or was finding the lords not the original intent of the voyage?

We have heard about some quotes from the movie which imply that when the Pevensie's first join the voyage, the ship is perhaps just sailing to the Lone Islands for no other reason than to sail to the Lone Islands. For instance, the line in the trailer "But if there are no wars to fight, then why are we here? which according to a report from the Biola Conference screening, was replied to by Caspian saying "I've been wondering the same thing."

I would guess that after they visit the Lone Islands and find out that everything is not quite right, they will find out some information from Lord Bern (and/or whatever information they discover in the recent Bell Tower photo) which then compels them to voyage on a bit to Magician's Island, where they will then find out the information from Coriakin mentioned here, and are thus compelled to go all the way, to complete the objective established to save Narnia.

Edmund asking why they were in Narnia, and Caspian responding that he didn't know, doesn't prove that at the start of their quest they aren't setting out to find the missing lords. It's just that normally when the Pevensies come to Narnia it is because it's in danger. That line only proves that Edmund and Lucy aren't returning to help fight a battle. It is still entirely possible that the crew has still set out to find the missing lords to fulfill an oath (as the article indicates). Or perhaps the purpose of the voyage is to sail east to Aslan's country.

I just think that if there was any sort of objective to their mission at the start of the Voyage, whether that be finding the Seven Lords or whatever, then Caspain's response to Edmund's question would have more likely been something more enthusiastic like "Perhaps you have been sent here to help me find the Seven Missing Lords" rather than the somewhat apatethic "I've been wondering the same thing".

Coupled with the fact that it seems most of the basis for the new plot of the story will not be established until after the voyage is well underway, and i would have to conclude that they are not sailing to Lone Islands with any great purpose in mind. It would seem oddly coincidental if they were on a voyage to find the Seven Lords and then someone popped up and said "You know what, its a good job you were looking for the Seven Lords already, because it just so happens that they are also the key to defeating the Darkness which is threatening Narnia".

That being said though, things don't always come together in a logical manner when it comes to Narnia screenplays, and its not like they haven't done things which don't make much sense in the past.

CS: Do you hope to change the look of the movie from the first two in anyway or keep it consistent?
Apted: The point of this is that it's a completely different story. It's not like Harry Potter or even Bond. My story couldn't be more different from Andrew's. His is sort of a political film with a darkness and great battles, all that sort of drama. Mine is a magical journey. I think my film is more cinematic than the one before. They're really completely different stories so you're not just coming in someone else's shoes, you're just carrying it on.

This sounds promising. If it's that different from Prince Caspian, then hopefully it will be better than Prince Caspain. The Big Sea battle worried me at first, because I dont want it to be just another war movie. But...one battle scene, or even two, doesn't necessarily make it a war movie. After all, LWW had that, and it wasn't a war movie. There was a lot of character interaction in LWW. Hopefully even more in VDT.

~Riella

The part of the scene we were there for was a cut to Lucy just after she reads the spell. She looks up from the book and realizes that it is snowing. The scene is actually a significant part of the movie because the Magician tells them what is going on in Narnia and what they must do to defeat it.

Am I jumping to conclusions or being paranoid, or does it sound like the snow is connected to problems in Narna and also to the annoying person who shows up in Dark Island nightmares? Not that I even want to entertain such a thought.

I believe it's just a somewhat faulty use of phrasing. We switch from the "part of the scene" which is the snow spell to the general "scene" which is the Magician's Book and Coriakin becoming visible and then setting up the adventure/plot.

The siblings meet up with their old friend King Caspian (Ben Barnes) to help find the seven lost lords of Narnia. Their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter) unenthusiastically tags along on the adventure as they go on a magical journey through several islands, fulfilling the oath Caspian took to find the lords who were connected to his father.

Well, there it is, right in the second paragraph. I was quite pleased that the seven lords got a lot of attention in this article, as we haven't heard much about them from trailers, posters, etc. Hopefully they'll show up more in the marketing soon.

It's been 2 weeks since the first report. I'm eagerly awaiting the interviews with the cast!