Editing The Chronicles of Narnia (section)

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[[File:2008Narniapremiere.jpg|thumb|The premiere of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]'' in 2008]]

Sceptical that any cinematic adaptation could render the more fantastical elements and characters of the story realistically,{{sfn|Hooper|2007|page=361|ps=&nbsp;– Letter to Warren Lewis, 3 March 1940}}{{Failed verification|date=July 2021|reason=The cited section does not say he had this view on cinematic adaptations, especially not on a potential Narnia adaptation given the letter was written long before he wrote any Narnia books.}} Lewis never sold the film rights to the ''Narnia'' series.<ref>''All My Road Before Me'', 1 June 1926, p. 405</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2021|reason=The cited section does not support this statement, most importantly it does not say anything about Lewis' reasons for not selling the film rights, which would have been strange given the letter was written many decades before he even thought of Narnia.}} In answering a letter with a question posed by a child in 1957, asking if the Narnia series could please be on television, C. S. Lewis wrote back: "They'd be no good on TV. Humanised beasts can't be presented to the ''eye'' without at once becoming either hideous or ridiculous. I wish the idiots who run the film world [would] realize that there are stories which are for the ''ear'' alone."{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The first novel adapted was ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. Released in December 2005, ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' was produced by [[Walden Media]], distributed by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and directed by [[Andrew Adamson]], with a screenplay by [[Ann Peacock]], Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus. The second novel adapted was ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''. Released in 2008, it was co-produced by [[Walden Media]] and [[Walt Disney Pictures]], co-written and directed by [[Andrew Adamson]], with Screenwriters including [[Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely]]. In December 2008, Disney pulled out of financing the remainder of the ''Chronicles of Narnia'' film series.<ref>{{cite web|last = Sanford|first = James|title = Disney No Longer Under Spell of Narnia|date = 24 December 2008|url = http://blog.mlive.com/james_sanford/2008/12/disney_is_no_longer_under_the.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Disney opts out of 3rd 'Narnia' film|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/12/29/daily3.html|access-date=27 March 2011|newspaper=Orlando Business Journal|date=29 December 2008}}</ref> However, Walden Media and [[20th Century Fox]] eventually co-produced ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', which was released in December 2010.

In May 2012, producer [[Douglas Gresham]] confirmed that Walden Media's contract with the C.S. Lewis Estate had expired, and that there was a moratorium on producing any ''Narnia'' films outside of Walden Media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.narniaweb.com/2012/05/gresham-shares-plans-for-next-narnia-film/|title=Gresham Shares Plans for Next Narnia Film|work=NarniaWeb|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> On 1 October 2013, it was announced that the C.S. Lewis Company had entered into an agreement with the [[Mark Gordon (film)|Mark Gordon]] Company to jointly develop and produce ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/mark-gordon-producing-fourth-narnia-movie-1200685219/|title=Mark Gordon Producing Fourth 'Narnia' Movie|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=1 October 2013|work=Variety|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> On 26 April 2017, [[Joe Johnston]] was hired to direct the film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/narnia-revival-silver-chair-director-joe-johnston-1202399920/|title='Captain America' Director Joe Johnston Boards 'Narnia' Revival 'The Silver Chair' (Exclusive)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=26 April 2017|work=Variety|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> In October, Johnston said filming is expected to begin in late 2018. In November 2018, these plans were halted because [[Netflix]] had begun developing adaptations of the entire series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.narniaweb.com/2017/11/the-silver-chair-to-begin-filming-2018-johnston-says/|title=The Silver Chair to Begin Filming 2018, Johnston Says|work=NarniaWeb|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-develop-series-films-based-cs-lewis-chronicles-narnia/|title=Netflix to Develop Series, Films Based on CS Lewis' 'The Chronicles of Narnia'|website=the wrap|author=Beatrice Verhoeven|date=3 October 2018|access-date=28 November 2018}}</ref>