Lurer på hvor mange her som har kost seg med Narnia serien. Bedre kristne romaner har vel ikke blitt utgitt eller hva? Mange ser for seg narniabøkene som barnebøker, men der er jeg uenig - jeg leste de for første gang da jeg var 23 år og var fengslet av den verden som åpenbarte seg og den visdommen som utspilte seg mellom linjene.

Nå endelig skal den filmatiseres på skikkelig vis (jeg er forresten veldig flau av tv-serien som de viser enkelte romjuler på nrk).

Walt Disney og Walden skal filmatisere dette storverket og planen er å lage film av alle syv bøkene. Og de har lovet å være tro mot bøkene ... Og bøkene er fulle av kristen forkynnelse.

Tenk det da ...walt disney forkynner endelig evangeliet (etter sin død riktignok)



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which opens Dec. 9, is a joint venture between Walden Media and Walt Disney Studios, and is the first in planned adaptations of all seven children's fantasy novels by renowned Christian apologist and literature professor C.S. Lewis.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


9 desember skal den da være klar ...for en herlig start på julen da.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since when does a major Hollywood studio care this much about the response of the Christian community? Well, at the very least, since The Passion of the Christ. Mr. Lauer is no stranger to the marketing strategy that propelled that film to worldwide success, having developed the grassroots campaign that mobilized churches and schools around the country behind The Passion.

Mr. Lauer has similar plans for Wardrobe. The marketing of this film will be the most comprehensive program for faith and family groups that Disney has ever undertaken, Mr. Lauer told WORLD. As with The Passion, that will entail meetings with church and education leaders, public events at churches and schools, advance screenings, corollary educational materials, outreach to youth groups and colleges, and a strong emphasis on internet resources.

Mr. Lauer told the audience in Burbank that all of this was designed to allow faith groups to "use the film for [their] purposes." To "leverage" its impact. Of course, all of this is also designed to sell tickets, something in which Disney and Walden certainly have a stake, with Wardrobe promising to be one of the most expensive films ever produced by either company. (Estimates suggest that the budget will run over $150 million.)

But the strategy makes sense, and films like The Passion and even The Lord of the Rings trilogy proved that it could be effective. The Narnia stories, Mr. Lauer points out, have already been embraced by Christians—it's just the studio's job to convince them that the films do the books justice. Oren Aviv, president of Buena Vista Pictures Marketing and representing Disney at the event, understands what's at stake here: "Our goal is to make sure that we make and market the movie so that it has the same significance that the book has had."
Se her - kjempesatsing på filmen!

her
og her