The Chronicles of Narnia is a film series based on the books by C.S. Lewis; produced by Walden Media, with Walt Disney Pictures for the first two movies. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was released in US theatres the 16th of May 2008. The Chronicles of Narnia Movies In Order. The Chronicles of Narnia series has been very financially successful. It is part of the trilogy 1 billion club, earning over 1.5 billion off all of the trilogies. It’s also been received well by fans, with a Rotten Tomato of the original movie at a 76%.
Narnia fans will once again get the opportunity to step through the wardrobe, thanks to Netflix. The streaming service announced on Wednesday that it, which will allow fans to enjoy the magical, Turkish Delight-filled world of the Pevensie children once more., Netflix hasn't yet revealed whether the series — which follows the World War II-set adventures of Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, who escape into an alternate magical world where they become kings and queens — will be adapted into full-length feature films or whether it would exist as an ongoing television series. However, producer Mark Gordon teased the possibility of the deal resulting in 'both stellar feature-length and episodic programming,' and adding, 'We cannot wait to get started on the multiple productions we hope to undertake.'
Netflix is far from the first outlet to adapt the beloved fantasy series; most recently, Disney released a big-screen version of The Chronicles of Narnia in 2005 (starring Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Hensley as the Pevensie siblings), followed by Prince Caspian in 2008 and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 2010. Disney also had plans to adapt the fourth novel in the series, The Silver Chair, with filming proposed to begin in 2018, although it seems unlikely that it will begin production in the wake of this Netflix deal. The Narnia adaptation will join and as one of the latest big-budget fantasy adaptations to hit the small screen, and with GOT taking home yet last month, it seems as if fantasy series are finally getting the kind of fair treatment awarded to their non-genre counterparts. Could one of Narnia's adaptations be the thing to help Netflix finally win a major Emmy award? Only time will tell, but it appears as if many awards bodies are finally appreciating the scale and energy that goes into making fantasy stories come to life.
Despite this, some about the adaptations, according to EW, as past film versions have been criticized by Lewis fans for downplaying the Christian themes of his original novels. While there's no way to know yet just how loyal to the novels Netflix's planned adaptations will be, the streaming service's version of A Series of Unfortunate Events may offer some Narnia fans comfort in the months ahead of its production and release.
Like The Chronicles of Narnia, Lemony Snicket's novels about the Baudelaire children and their many misadventures in the wake of their parents' tragic death were adapted for the silver screen back in 2004, starring Jim Carrey as Count Olaf. However, many fans took issue with the film, which consolidated the first three books of the series into one film, and also played up the more comical elements of the story, rather than focusing on its wry, clever storytelling and wordplay. By contrast, the Series of Unfortunate Events television series, which premiered on Netflix in 2017, expanded the scope of the adaptation (into 26 episodes, so that each book in the series gets its due) and which leant into the mystery at the heart of the story, as well as honoring the absurd and sardonic nature of the books, in order to give fans the adaptation that they had hoped for all along.