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Still No Green Light for Third Narnia?

Source:Walden Media

November 14, 2008

On Friday, Walden Media announced that Co-CEO and co-founder Cary Granat was exiting the company. One thing we noticed in the press release, however, was that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has not yet gotten the green light:

Cary Granat, Co-CEO and co-founder of Walden Media, will transition from his Walden position to a consultant for the company effective December 1. Granat will be Walden's creative consultant on the third installment in "The Chronicles of Narnia" franchise – "Voyage of the Dawn Treader"- which the company hopes to greenlight soon. He will also provide consulting services for an initiative with AEG Live, the concert and promotion company owned by Phil Anschutz who also owns Walden.

"This was a mutual decision," said David Weil, CEO of Anschutz Film Group, Walden’s parent company. "Cary and we both felt this was the right way to formalize the change in the company's creative direction that will now be overseen by Michael Bostick who was brought in as Co-CEO of Walden earlier this year. We all owe Cary a great debt of gratitude for co-founding the company and guiding the Walden brand to its preeminent place in family entertainment today."

"I'm extremely proud of what we've accomplished in my seven years at Walden. We have been very fortunate, with the unparalleled support of Phil Anschutz, David Weil and the entire team here to create family entertainment that will last for generations. It's time for me to hit the recharge button and take on a new challenge, but I'll always look back fondly on my time at Walden."

Granat will not be replaced and his responsibilities at Walden will now be handled by Weil and Bostick. Granat expects to announce additional future plans shortly.

Disney was targeting a May 7, 2010 release date for the third installment.

COMMENTS (61)

Posted by:

November 16, 2008

Bummer...I thought Caspian was a big improvement over the first one. I was actually looking forward to the third. They really should have released the second one around Christmas...instead of right before Indiana Jones 4. (I won't begin to discuss how much better Prince Caspian was than that movie.)

Posted by:

Narnia Fan

November 16, 2008

Well, CS Lewis didn't write these as Christian propaganda....he wrote them on a bet with JRR Tolkien that he couldn't combine various mythologies (Christian, pagan, etc) into a workable story. He did. I don't recall there being talking badgers, fauns, nymphs, etc in the Christian faith. If anything, some of the more conservative Christians would denounce those things as evil.

Posted by:

c5vtman

November 16, 2008

When you get to be a certain age, you tend to move on to other franchises. I went to see the first one, and said to myself it was alright. I can identify more with the Lord of the rings than I can with Narnia.Prince Caspian maybe when I have a family I will revisit the two films, but I just do not think this series is my cup of tea.

Posted by:

Moviegoer

November 16, 2008

Recast everyone and then maybe it will have a chance.

Posted by:

Chuchinho29

November 16, 2008

religious propaganda??? Am christian-catholic, latin catholic... and honestly, I just think of Narnia as it really is: just a freaking story!... which became a movie, and therefore IT'S JUST A MOVIE! haven't seen Caspian prince yet, 'cause the first one really let me down (just like Golden Compass did) but I bet they'll make a third one... wanna talk about un-followed movies? how 'bout Eragon? I liked that one and I'm kinda upset they didn't bring the sequel :(

Posted by:

ico

November 16, 2008

Ok.

Posted by:

Micah

November 17, 2008

These religious arguments are fruitless people. You're wasting your time. If you agree with the Christian message and values behind these stories, that's great. It's your opinion. If you don't agree, OK then. It's your opinion. There's no sense in throwing your beliefs into other people's faces in some heated argument over a movie. It's not going to change a thing or do anybody any good. It's like witnessing to someone or arguing that God doesn't exhist while you're drunk. You're just wasting your time.

Posted by:

Tarran

November 17, 2008

I enjoyed both movies, the second more than the first. I know I read the books when I was little, but I can't remember most of what happened in them, so I can't use those to base my judgment on, lol.

But I hope the 3rd installment gets started soon.

Posted by:

Tarran

November 17, 2008

SATAN, you are my second hero here these past couple of days. lol

Posted by:

Tarran

November 17, 2008

Posted by: Jimmy on November 16, 2008 at 07:50:15
"What the hell do you care?"

We care because Christians expect EVERYTHING to be done in accordance with their religion. And we're targeting (so to speak) Christians in particular because they're the biggest group that seems to try and throw their weight around. Their #1 argument for anything is that it's "against the Bible." Well, sorry, but we have this thing called FREEDOM OF RELIGION.

I'm sorry, but Christians for the most part are *******s with no tolerance whatsoever. I know not ALL of them are like that, but I come across far more Christian jerks than nice Christian people. I've been on both sides of the coin. I used to be Christian. I still have some Christian beliefs. But seeing things from the opposite side, I can tell you it's an eye opener.

I'm not bashing Christianity. The religion itself is a beautiful thing. It's the people that ****ing suck. I'm not denying that people from other religions, or of no religion, don't also suck. Everyone sucks. But especially Christians in general.

Anyway. That's just from my experience. Hadn't planned on joining the debate, but oh well. XD

EVERYONE just needs to stop looking at these movies as being based in some specific religion, and then getting all bumhurt because it doesn't suit their own beliefs. They're just STORIES, and fun stories at that. Have an open mind, people.