New "Narnia" Film Stirs Religious Controversy

The studios behind the new "Narnia" movie are walking a tightrope in their quest to promote the third film in the fantasy franchise to a Christian audience and to general moviegoers.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader doesn't open until Friday, but Fox and family-friendly producer Walden Media have been showing it to influential Christians for about a month, even before a finished print was ready.

That the studios have been reaching out to the faith-based community is an obvious strategy, given that it is based on the "Narnia" series from Christian philosopher C.S. Lewis.

But they also are going out of their way not to pigeonhole the film as something that will appeal just to the world's 2.2 billion Christians. There are, after all, an additional 4.7 billion inhabitants of Earth.

Sometimes, it can be quite tricky.

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Producers hope third ‘Narnia’ recaptures moviegoers

Moviegoers will see all sorts of miracles in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” including a painting that springs to life, a star that becomes incarnate and a book that conjures up spells.

The companies behind the latest big-screen adaptation from C.S. Lewis’ classic book series hope the film will perform a different kind of miracle: revive a stalled franchise.

Producers Walden Media and 20th Century Fox believe that the third “Narnia” picture, which opens Friday, can reclaim the fans who embraced 2005’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” but who were turned off by the darker 2008 sequel “Prince Caspian,” whose comparatively poor performance raised serious doubts about the series’ future.

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Coming of age: Learning, that lion, and life without Narnia

Child stars don’t only grow up in front of the camera, they do so in front of microphones too.

First interviews tend to be all about the thrill of being on a movie set, fitting in schoolwork and what friends think of their glamorous new life.

Cut to the teenage years and the list of concerns changes. Today, a chat with Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes, stars of The Chronicles of Narnia films, is more likely to encompass student demos and career plans than anything to do with the cuddliness of Aslan the lion.

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