Frankly, I see no connection at all with HP ending, and interest in Narnia changing.

Interesting question/ topic. I'm not really sure what to vote for at the moment. There are many contributing factors to how well book to film adaptions work.

There will always be fantasy books coming out, no matter what, though few even get film adaptions. Many of them are trying to imitate the success of Harry Potter. In my opinion, barely any of the newer books will ever reach Harry Potter fan level.

On the other hand, older fantasies, like Lord of the Rings and Narnia, are said to have often been source material to popular fantasies like HP. J.K. Rowling I believe said that Narnia was one of her source materials for writing her wildly acclaimed series. HP readers that have never read her source of material could gain interest.

Moving on to the film adaptions from my point of view. Film adaptions are a whole other story(no pun intended). Though they do have a similarity with the books: are they a good story or a bad story? Are they original? I'll use Prince Caspian for an example. The Night Raid sequence, while it added to the story, was looked at by some people as a rip off of the castle raid thing in The Two Towers(movie at least;not sure about the books). That could have been one reason it underperformed. But it also depends on how the filmmakers choose to use the source of material. If they make a good film at least(like in at least one of the Lord of the Rings films), I think it could be a good performing film.

Like I said, I'm not sure what to vote. It's up to the book readers to choose what they want to do post HP, and how the filmmakers choose to handle the source of material.

I think that once the Potter films are over, hard-core fantasy fans will be turning to the Hobbit. Something like Narnia would be dull and uninteresting... Especially the copycat method that the Narnia films have been made in. The Hobbit will be copying the Lord of the Rings style, but Lotr was by the same author. Narnia just tends to copy the early Potter films and a little bit of kid-friendly Pirates of the Caribbean. So, interest will go down. Potter has burnt out the interest.

I picked 'no change' because the audience for HP is different from the audience for Narnia movies. HP is a pop culture sensation movie franchise and people know the HP books, but not many of the regular mass mainstream know the Narnia books. HP franchise seemed to really draw people in by the high fantasy, humanistic magic (devoid of God) the kids/teens/now young adults solve it all themselves, and action/adventure qualities. Comparing the two franchises to me is like comparing apples and oranges.

Edited: I didn't see Narnia as really copying the Potter films, except maybe in trying to be all action and fantasy-adventur-y in a general sense. Why do you think Narnia was copying HP Shy Galadriel?

Though...since Steve Kloves seems to be so great a book to screen adapter...maybe he could write the scripts for the remaining Narnia movies....

Yes, I originally voted no change, like stateofgreen, but when I thought about it, I think interest in Narnia will go up, especially once the Hobbit is completed. The HP films have been and gone by that time, the LOTR films won't be done again, and the Narnia films will be something to look forward to afterwards.

There is one factor which will keep the Narnia films fresh. All the stories are different. There is another factor though the film makers need to watch out for. Other movies and fantasy books have been ripping off the Narnia books for years. For example, did anyone notice the MN 'Wood between the Worlds' scene at the end of the last Pirates of the Carribbean venture?

Personally I was a little disappointed with the last HP venture, and the way they distorted what was said and done in the book.

I voted no change.

Most people I've seen aren't that fond of the Narnia films because of the movies themselves. If they were just too busy with HP to care about Narnia, I would see a possibility. But sadly, a lot of people just don't like Narnia. And so they will continue to dislike Narnia unless the filmmakers step up to improve it.

Most likely, people will just find another franchise to get into. Such as The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, or whatever new franchise comes out after that. There will always be new, big franchises to take the place of the old ones.

~Riella

That is, if there is a comparable fantasy series to go. So far, apart from the HP series, there hasn't been such a series, apart from the Hobbit/LOTR series and HP. The Chronicles of Narnia book series has been going on for quite a while. LWW is a recognised classic, and the Walden film of it was quite popular. Whilst the BBC television Narnia adaptations had their faults, and their LWW and PC were nowhere near as good as the Walden versions, I notice that they are displayed prominently in our ABC bookshop, so they are still considered saleable. Not to mention that whenever I looked at the local video store, they haven't had trouble getting rid of surplus-to-requirements ex-rental copies of Walden VDT.

It is also possible that fantasy fans will find other books to read and films to anticipate, such as The Hobbit, leaving interest in Narnia unchanged.

I'm sure that fantasy fans will find other books to read. But sometimes they have to be written first. HP had quite a sizeable impact. But whilst it is quite different from Narnia, the influence is still there to see. Before the HP books and films came out I was a LOTR fan, and before that again I was a Narnia fan. And even if such books are around, not every adaptation is going to measure up the way the HP and LOTR films have done up until now.

Although Walden's PC and VDT didn't do as well as LWW, both still did better than The Golden Compass, the first of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, and lets not get into Eragon. I used to love Ken Catran's Deepwater series, but the television series made of it really wasn't very good. And I have yet to see a film version of Maurice Gee's "O" series, definitely a child's series, let alone the long promised film of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

And if you want a really bad adaptation of the Hobbit, take a look at this 1977 version of the hobbit. With that as competition, even one's most disliked Narnia film looks good, and Peter Jackson can't fail to impress with his forthcoming version of the Hobbit.

.. Especially the copycat method that the Narnia films have been made in. The Hobbit will be copying the Lord of the Rings style, but Lotr was by the same author. Narnia just tends to copy the early Potter films and a little bit of kid-friendly Pirates of the Caribbean. So, interest will go down. Potter has burnt out the interest.

You think so? In spite of Potter's origins as a very derivative, conventional English children's lit item with strong ties to both Narnia and LOTR? (and "The Worst Witch" as well as loads of boarding school stories from the last 60 years)

I think the interest will be most marked in whatever the secular media chooses to put its time and space behind.
How kid friendly was the sea serpent scene by the way ?

If they pick up their game and market the next movie well, then there are chances Narnia will do much better since there's no Potter movies with which to contend.

No change in interest is my vote. Potter has nothing to do with it. If interest goes up, it would be because of good marketing, and hopefully great story.

No, I don't think intrest in Narnia will change as a result of the end of Potter. The fact is, if an excellent Narnia movie is made then there would be a lot of intrest for it.

It will not change. Point being the next big fandoms will still be Twilight and then we are going to get The hunger Games, Vampire Academy, and possible remakes of The Vampire Chronicles, and I dislike to say this but these fandoms are larger then The Chronicles of Narnia. I don't think it will change at all.

Twilight saga breaking dawn is to be out at the end of this year and next year, so that series will soon be over as well as HP. And in any case it is an adult's film, less child-friendly than even the last HP movies.

Hunger games is out in 2012 and 2013, like the two part Hobbit film, with any hunger games sequels likely to go against Silver chair. Same with Vampire Academy. We can only wait and see.

What Narnia hasn't got that is in both LOTR and HP, is a touch of romance. But please let's not complain about that. Uncle Andrew and Jadis being really romantic? Ugh!

Hunger games is out in 2012 and 2013, like the two part Hobbit film, with any hunger games sequels likely to go against Silver chair.

There are three books in The Hunger Games series, and rumors are that the final book will be split into two movies. However the month of release is different, Narnia looks to Holiday where Hunger Games is looking to March.