Caspian Really Mixes It Upby Heather Long | More from this Blogger 13 Aug 2007 10:23 AM The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is scheduled to be released in just ten months, in May of 2008. While that may seem like an entire school year away, it's still just around the corner in movie-making time. The film is a follow-up to the enormously successful: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and although Caspian is technically the 4th book, it does feature the children from the first and unfortunately, unlike their literary counterparts, they age normally. It has been 1300 years since the children last stepped through the Wardrobe and an evil king named Miraz is preventing his nephew, Caspian, from assuming the throne. It's Caspian who uses Susan's horn to summon the children back and fulfill the prophecy of restoring Narnia once again. Disney's filmmakers met the challenge of this film head on and according to Howard Berger, the creature supervisor for the film, there will be a huge diversity in the types of fantasy characters to populate the landscape of the film. The first one, as you may remember, featured Aslan the lion, the White Queen, Mr. Tummus, the Beavers and the centaur. In Caspian, you can expect to see male and female dwarves, old dwarves and young dwarves. There are fawns (old and young, and more. Not all the characters will be digitally added, in fact, filmmakers are blurring the line between fantasy and reality by mixing up CGI animation right alongside extras in costumes in an effort to create more realism so that movie goers will find it easier to suspend their disbelief. It's a challenging prospect and just as Jackson did in Lord of the Rings, the more you can bring the literary landscape to life, the better. It sounds like the filmmakers are on the right track with Prince Caspian. Among some of the other creatures you can expect to see are:
Are you planning to see Prince Caspian? Learn more about Heather Long  Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. Relevantdisney tags User Comments bride2be052408 (16) 28 Aug 2007 11:25 AMSure!! The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe movie was excellent!! I didn't know they were going to make a sequel. I will definitely want to go see the next one. terwiliger (5) 26 May 2008 07:50 PMMy comment is concerning the rating this film received from the Mpaa.This film is in no way PG.It shopuld have been PG-13 at the least. Please explain how I am supposed to explain to my 7 year old daughter what the beheaded men and violent filled battles mean. Hmm odd the Disney is one of the six corporations that really runs the MPAA. I would suggest to anyone with young children that you do not see this film. It is overtly violent, and the greedy people at Disney don't seem to care. I would suggest that people for the rest of this year download all Disney movies from ThePirateBay.org. And please boycott Wall-E. Lets teach Disney the only lesson it understands, through its greed.Boycott Disney until they take responsibility for its actions. Oh and Disney, look for my blogs on all sites. It has been a long while since I have been so ashamed to have taken my children to see your movies.Don't worry though, I won't make the same mistake again. And I will be sure to tell everyone I know, and many that I don't. Community Tags aslan, chronicles of narnia, Disney film, prince caspian Discuss this article
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