If you are a C.S. Lewis fan then you will know that today would have been his birthday. He was born Nov 29, 1898. Happy birthday Jack! You will also be anticipating the next Narnia installment which, as everyone knows, is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, opening here Dec 10th.
My family and friends HATE me because I was lucky enough to see a preview of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at a big fancy conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Bob Beltz, Associate Producer, was there in Cape Town and he hosted a private screening for us. Bob has been counting down the movie with a series of intriguing articles at the Examiner.
Best scene from Dawn Treader was when the children take a picture frame from the wall with a ship on it and water starts pouring out and filling up the room. Pretty soon the whole room is full of water and the kids are swirling around like clothes in a washer. Quite scary actually. And then they get sucked out onto the deck of a ship – The Dawn Treader, obviously. Great effects. My kids will love it!
Dawn Treader is Hannah's favorite installment of the Narnia series. She has read it a few times and this movie is a must-see for our family.
This photo of my kids was taken last week in Denver at the home theater of Peter and Lancia Smith. Lancia is part of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, occasional groupie of C.S. Lewis events, and probably someone who, unlike you, knew it was his birthday today. We were talking with Lancia about creating an online app that uses Narnia stories to teach English to home-schooled and road-schooled children – like ours. Sounds like a good idea. Go for it, Lancia!
You’ve probably seen that they may not make the rest of the series after the poor returns on Prince Caspian. Full article here http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/4404735/Will-Narnia-sink-or-swim
Jonathan from Spritzophrenia 🙂
Thanks Jonathan. I sure hope the start what they finish- who else is going to take the book to the screen. now or never.
I hope they do, although imo books 3-6 aren’t so well-known or appealing? Still, I’m sure they can do them well.
Jonathan from Spritzophrenia
Have a great Hanukkah everyone.
Can’t wait to see it. It’s my fav book in the Narnia series as well. I love the scene towards the end when they meet Aslan (not gonna say more than that). I hope that the deep theology of this moment is well represented in the film.
Hi Andrew, I spent some enjoyable days with your family back in the summer of 2000 while you lived in Huntly.
I’m also looking forward to seeing VDT this Friday.
You may already know this, but Cadron Creek Christian Curriculum has published _Further Up and Further In_, a seven-month, 338 page literature-based unit study for 4th-8th grade home school students using _The Chronicles of Narnia_, written by Diane Pendergraft and edited by Margie Gray. See http://www.CadronCreek.com for details.
Hope this is helpful.
Richard James
JEEEEAAAALLLOOOOUUUUUSSSS!!!! Love the photo Han and TJ! Awesome! Cxx 🙂