Its nice to see that he wanted to keep the Dufflepuds. The movies so far have been trying to be realistic, so its nice to see someone who wants to make the world more magical (when need at least.)

oh awesome! yay for Michael Apted keeping the Dufflepuds!

1) He says witches again.
2) They fixed the rest of that line
3) So how can you draw on it? Does this mean the witches will not come up either?
4) Another poor pic of the dragon, but I think its still improvement, and it looks like this is an old pic so I'm hopeful
5) Does that mean they almost didn't put the dufflepuds in there for the same reason , a low budget?!
6) Hooray Michael Apted for keeping the duffelpuds

Thank goodness he kept the Dufflepuds in the movie. I would've freaked out if they hadn't been there.

I also don't mind(and I like) the beginning change, since I think it's kind of neat to start VDT more calmly then the other two movies, and then move into the action and tension.

Darn you "witches" word! I really hope that's an error, and that Apted mean "witch's."

Love the picture of Aslan's Country!

The other pic(the one with Dragon Eustace) feels odd to me. I imagine it'll look better in context. But I thought it was sweet that his ears were drooping, and boy, he looks depressed!

I also want to know what the dragon's eyes colors are. Yeah, they're blue in the trailer, which were awesome, but in this picture and another one similar to it, his eyes are brown. Do they change colors, or are the pictures we're getting lying?

In the end, I still feel like Apted's doing a pretty good job with VDT. Hopefully, I'll be saying the same(or higher) by the time it comes out!

I have high hopes for Apted, but I'm still suspicious. The fact that he fought to keep the dufflepuds in the movie makes me more confident about his work on the film, but its not enough to get rid of all my worries. Shastafan, I agree! I hope that I will say that Apted has done a good if not great job with the film.

I thought this interview would sound better in in its entirety. Oh well.

He wanted to give the movie an "emotional underbelly." What about Reepicheep's longing for Aslan's Country and Eustace's redemption? Aren't those emotional enough? And the movie is still going to be episodic. They'll still be having separate adventures on separate islands. I don't see how the seven swords plot makes it less episodic. It will probably help build up some tension and anticipation for the final battle, but it won't take away the episodic nature of the story.

The book Lewis didn't write...the Blue Star of Ramandu...no real reason for the journey. All of that is still in there. I was hoping that it just sounded bad because we only got an excerpt before.

Yes, he kept the Dufflepuds, but he kept them because they are "iconic." They should be kept because they are great characters that add something to the story not because they are iconic.

However, even though almost all of his statements made me cringe, his last response I actually liked. I completely agree that beginning in our world is the best way to do it.

I'm suspicious of the interview if only for the 'Blue Star of Ramandu' quote. Logic indicates that he would have referred to her as 'Ramandu the star's daughter' or 'Ramandu's daughter' or 'the star's daughter'. Actually, I would think he would automatically call her 'Lilliandil' as that's probably what he would refer to her as while directing her scenes. If he was talking about her as the daughter of Ramandu he would probably have mentioned the word 'daughter'; if he was referring to the fact that she turns into a blue star and is seen on Ramandu's island he might refer to her as 'the Blue Star from Ramandu's Island". Heck, even 'the star girl' would be a logical title to use. But if he refers to her in relation to the name 'Ramandu' it just *doesn't make sense* to me that he would leave out the word 'daughter'.

Or, maybe I'm thinking about this too much and should go to bed.

The book Lewis didn't write...the Blue Star of Ramandu...

Yeah! If you want to choose which is the more dispensible character out of Coriakin, Ramandu's daughter and Ramandu, which one would you pick? Obviously if Caspian is going to marry the daughter, and she becomes important to subsequent books, you have to keep her, and even exalt her a bit. And if it is a choice between Coriakin and Ramandu, which character would you consider more important? Certainly not Ramandu. I expect that is what Apted meant by in between information between Silver chair and VDT.

Anyway I am looking forward to the film. I hope that news report is right about it being shown on Dec 2nd in Australia.

Yes, VDT comes out on Dec. 2nd in Australia.

Having seen the movie, I was struck by a new thought. It seems the script for a film has to be written before it can be greenlit.

Could there be any chance that such as script is currently being written for Silver Chair?