Admittedly, the new Narnia film is creating a merchandising frenzy, and I'm not sure I'm ready to see a stuffed Aslan toy, but how cool is this preview? I'm still unclear on how the studios can make a series of movies out of the novels, though, since they share almost no characters in common. Will the country be the main character? Because that could be a really hard sell. At least they picked arguably the most photogenic of the stories for the first film. Oodles of images here. I'm well aware the film looks a bit, well, orc-ified, but since I pretty much worship Peter Jackson, I think I can cope.

And I can't complain about the fact that sales of C.S. Lewis's saga are skyrocketing. Kids reading great fantasy literature? Who's got a bottle of champagne? [link via Bookslut]

Posted by Hilary at July 6, 2005 01:51 PM