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Speed Racer bombed badly this past weekend, and the buzz ain't good for the new Indiana Jones film.

But, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is expected to open in a BIG way this coming weekend.

Tracking reports point to a $60 million opening for Prince Caspian, a follow up to the 2005 hit, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Prince Caspian is expected to do well because of its mass appeal. The movie is a Red State-friendly "Christian" film. The studio's suits organized outreach via churches and distribution partner Disney knows how to deliver the family demo to pics.

If the film does as well as expected, we will definitely see up to 5 more Narnia films headed our way!!

For those of you who don't know, the Narnia films are adaptations of the books in a C.S. Lewis series. Seven books total were written by Lewis.

We def wanna see it, preferably on Imax!

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    1. Nathan says – reply to this


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      Definitely gunna see it! I loved the books when I was younger! Plus, the first one was so good!

    2. debbie says – reply to this


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      Looking forward to seeing it!

    3. the devil says – reply to this


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      tired of all this shitty religious bullshit come on hollywood

    4. Christine says – reply to this


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      hu

    5. pete says – reply to this


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      narnia is a bad movie for children. nobody wants to see that.

    6. Dia says – reply to this


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      why do you hate spped racer so much? it was a great movie. cant wait for prince caspian though FOR NARNIAAAAAAA

    7. phuck says – reply to this


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      11th?

    8. tdawg says – reply to this


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      First of all Speed Racer didnt bomb. A bomb would be 2 million. Speed Racer wasnt hyped as much as Iron Man leading into the movie. It was a great movie (maybe you should go see it for yourself).

      I believe Indiana Jones will not do very well, Shea Laquif was a poor casting decision.

      I hope Narnia is better than the first one, it lacked a soul.

    9. JJ says – reply to this


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      They completely skipped over a couple of books in the series. The Magician's Nephew is #1, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is #2, The Horse and His Boy is #3, and Prince Caspian is #4. Are they just coming out with The Silver Chair next and then be done with it all? However Prince Caspian is a well written novel and I am sure the movie will live up to the caliber of the novel.

    10. {if u bitchez don't vote 4 hillary, u really do zuck]] says – reply to this


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      [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ THE MOVIE LOOKZ INTEREZTING ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

    11. Narnia lover says – reply to this


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      omg i love narnia!!!! i read prince caspian a million times but the thing is that caspian is supposed to be around edmund`s age - right? and wha i get from teh trailer is that he and susan have a romance going on!! that is not true! caspian meets his future wife in the next book! besides susan is supposed to be a few years older than capsian - ewwwww why did you change an already good plot?????? oh well i`ll go see it for edmund`s sake^^

    12. Loving me some Jesus! says – reply to this


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      Put the smack down on the devil and his horrible attempt at The Golden Compass! Thank God for inspiring such a series, as The Chronicles! I just love to watch the good word being spread…adults have the Passion of Christ and now the kiddos have the Chronicles!

    13. honey says – reply to this


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      sounds good! i'm much more interested in this than any of the other big films this summer.

    14. Scandalous says – reply to this


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      I'm going to watch this film…

      Has anyone noticed Prince Caspian is HOT?

    15. Michelle says – reply to this


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      For those of you thinking this is a in your face Bible flic, it aint. The first wasnt. BUT, the special effects and actors were out of this world. I saw it three times in the theater because it just can't be appreciated without large screen. Cannot wait to take my kids to see this one too.

    16. kkc says – reply to this


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      OMG I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE IT! I am SOOOOO excited! I love NARNIA!!!!!

    17. ArubaRevue says – reply to this


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      oh yeah? well that might be so but I saw the first one 2 days ago and I thought it stunk. So unrealistic and bad acting. I hoe the 2nd one will be worth it. BTW the Dark Knight is gonna be breaking all the records.

    18. TKH says – reply to this


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      YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus is a rockstar….GO SEE THE MOVIE.

    19. MC says – reply to this


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      JJ- They aren't skipping over books, they're coming out with the books in the order in which they were published instead of chronological order. They're doing this because the actors who play the pevensies would be to old for the movies by the time they made prince caspian and the dawn treader.

    20. mitzy says – reply to this


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      we will see maybe 1 maybe 2 more movies considering that the first two movies cover four books already, so that leaves only 3 books untold…

    21. emily says – reply to this


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      well, technically, all of the narnia films are "bible flicks," aren't there? lewis wrote seven narnia books to represent the seven deadly sins. "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" represented gluttony because he always wanted to have a turkish delight (which are disgusting, by the way). i haven't read the other narnia books, i wonder what this one will be!

    22. Lindsey says – reply to this


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      The guy that plays Prince Caspian is sooo pretty!
      Just that almost makes it worth going to see, but I sure its also a really good movie…

    23. erin says – reply to this


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      i love those books! i'm def seeing the movie this weekend.
      but i'm not so sure they could stretch five whole more movies based on the first one out of the books?? it wouldn't be relavant enough to make sense for people who haven't read them.

    24. Kloche says – reply to this


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      Doesn't this movie have magic, a witch and mythical creatures. So how is it
      Christian freindly. Aren't those churchies up against this type of thing? Narnia has the similar themes as Harry Potter and many of those Evangelical churchs support the burning of the Harry Potter books.

    25. Betty Martin says – reply to this


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      Perez, this "news item" smells of studio marketing to me. I hope you got paid for it.

    26. Hardy Har Har says – reply to this


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      Hey is that Clay Aiken?

    27. Brianna says – reply to this


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      See it with me, Perez!!! Be my date!!

    28. Yeah Right says – reply to this


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      Perez, that "article" about the Indy movie being bad has no validity to it. I doubt those blogging about it have even seen the flick. You're perpetuating the bad publicity as if you want it to do poorly.

    29. Jessica says – reply to this


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      they've made movies out of book 2 and 4 so it would be a little weird if they went back and did the rest of them

    30. badlydrawnbear says – reply to this


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      With they way Perez are bashing and pimping different films pre release I wonder if Perez is getting some cash under the table from the studios. I am sure it's all part of the studios "viral" marketing campaign. Of course if this was the 70's it would just be called "payola"

    31. Abby says – reply to this


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      I am not really into these movies but I bet kids will enjoy it. I saw the earlier post about bad buzz around Indiana Jones but you didn't give any of the buzz. I was looking foward to it because I love the original 3 (but I am looking foward to Sex and the City more!). I agree Shia LeBeouf was a bad casting choice… he is I guess the best word would be grating.

    32. mEEE says – reply to this


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      The Pevensie kids don't appear in all of the original books (so my son tells me), therefore, they are apparently making the films that include the kids to make the series flow better.

    33. yay! says – reply to this


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      God, I used to have such a crush on caspian when I was little! I had an image of what he would look like in my head- and it aint like that.

    34. PEREZ FEEDS OFF OF NEGATIVE ENERGY! says – reply to this


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      YOU BOTTOM FEEDER!!!

      YOU KNOW YOU LOVE NEGATIVE ENERGY AND YOU READ ALLL THE POSITIVE POSTS ABOUT SPEEDRACER AND THEN YOU POST THE ANTI-SPEED RACER. JUST MAKES EVEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRYYYYYYYONE WANT TO SEE SPEED RACER YOU SHIT FOR A MAN WHO WAS BORN ON THIS EARTH!!! YOU KNOW I USED TO LIKE READING YOUR POSTS BUT NOW. I ABSOLUTELY CRINGE YOUR EXISITENCE!!! YOU ARE A NEGATIVE PERSON THAT HAS NO SENSE OF CREATIVITY AND SITE OF WHAT COMES FROM A CARTOON INSPIRED MOVIE. IRON MAN-SPEEDRACER ALL THE BOX OFFICE HITS MOST OF THEM CAME FROM THE MINDS OF COMIC TALENTS. THAT CHILDREN GREW UP WITH IN THE PAST. YOU TAKE ONE SENTENCE AND TURN IT INTO HATTEEE PROPAGANDA SO PEOPLE WOULD FEEL THE SAME AS YOU. IT AINT WORKING YOU SAC OF SHITEAOUS FAT FLESH!!! GET OVER YOURSELF AND I HOPE YOUR ASS GET WHAT YOU DESERVE KARMA IS A BITCH ESPECIALLY THE QUEEN BITCH KARMA IS COMING AFTER YOU IN THE AFTERLIFE!!!

    35. PEREZ ISSS FRAUD GETTING PAID TO POST MOVIE COMMENTS says – reply to this


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      HEY YA'LL!!! CHECK IT OUT. YESSSS PEREZ IS GETTING PAID TO COMMENT ON THE MOVIES COMING OUT THIS SUMMER!!! JUST LIKE MYSPACE!! HE JOINED THE RANKS OF THE

      SO CALLED "AMATEUR MOVIE CRITICS PANEL!!"

      NOT AN OUNCE OF HIS BIOCHEMICAL BRAINWAVES CAME FROM STUDYING THEATER AND THE ARTS. SO WHEN YOU READ…….THIS MOVIE BOMBED……

      REMEMBER HIS PHAT POCKET JUST GOT BIGGERRRRRRR WHEN THE MOVIE MADE THAT……TRACKED SUPPOSED MILLIONS.

      PEREZ YOU ARE A FRAUD!!!

    36. depechemiami says – reply to this


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      Yay for Prince Caspian!!!

    37. PEREZ MAKING $$$ MOVIE CRITICS says – reply to this


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      YAH IT'S TRUE HUH YOU DELETED MY POST!!! YOU ARE GETTING PAID TO COMMENT ON THE MOVIES? BOY HOW MOVIE PR CRUNCHE$ FUNDS TO THE SOCIAL INTERNET SITES. HOW FUNNY.

    38. Vighorois says – reply to this


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      Are they gonna adapt the last book in which everyone dies? LOL

    39. nas says – reply to this


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      stop talking shittt…speed racer was a great movie…very fun and fresh….you must be getting some for bashing it… right?? stick with talking bad of celebrits (cause thats all you can realy do) and stop tryng to be a movie critic idiot…..

    40. casey says – reply to this


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      my favorite books of all time ever….and its so awesome they are doing them in the right order. too bad i'll be like 40 before the last battle is made into a movie. they take way too long!

    41. jennnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii says – reply to this


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      ok, you're clearly getting paid to bash/pimp certain films.

      there is NO BUZZ about the indy film you freaking lout. one guy said it wasn't good…and this same guy hated the second and third installments of indiana jones! who the fuck CARES what that guy thinks?

      you are such an asshole. stop bashing films over one biased commentary.

    42. casey says – reply to this


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      JJ, you are wrong, actually. that is not the correct order of the books. the publishers made them that way because they put them chronologically according to the story. BUT C.S. Lewis wrote the books in the order the movies are coming out, you can even look inside the book and see that they were copyrighted in the order of the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, prince caspian, the voyage of the dawn treader, the silver chair, the horse and his boy, the magicians nephew, and the last battle. C.S. Lewis wasn't able to officially change the order before he died. Most of the boxed sets are wrongly numbered.

    43. Barnes says – reply to this


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      I love Ben Barnes. He's the sexiest man alive!!!!!

    44. Gabi says – reply to this


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      JESUS! it's about TIME! that you reported on this, perezy!

      i was wondering how long were you going to IGNORE THIS?

      what, just because YOU don't like something, means its not worth reporting on?

    45. Zip says – reply to this


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      That Mom and Son reminded me of what movies are all about. She and her Son seemed to need that bonding period. There was no mention of the Father, and the obvious thought that this was a single Mother keeps entering my mind, she posted just one day before Mother's Day. I think it was lovely that she had this moment to bond with her child…and I recognized that the Wachowskie helped to create the circumstance where that could happen…and suddenly, I found no joy in bashing them anymore. Rather, I thank those two for giving that Mom and her Son such a moment.

    46. AN INDIANA JONES REVIEW from SOMEONE who has ACTUALLY SEEN IT says – reply to this


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      Author: Essex_Rider from England

      I was lucky enough to get a preview of this as I help a charity out that premiers films in hospices.

      Speilburg has really pulled this off brilliantly. It's as good as, if not better, than the best Indy films of all, 'Raiders of the Lost Arc'.

      I won't give too much away but I have to say that the motorcycle stunts were some of the best I've ever seen, and it was good to see that Harrison Ford has magically retained not only his look, but the twinkle in his eye as well.
      For me, this has it all, great story, brilliant action scenes, fabulous actors and best of all, no reliance on computer aided graphics, just a good old fashioned storyteller doing what he does best, telling a story.
      10 out of 10
      end

      THAT SAID, DO NOT TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!

    47. Deredeo says – reply to this


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      lol -looks good, but 1300 years later!?! and they are still using swords and stone catapults….lmao!. still, i'll see it - been a while since a good hack-n-slash magic pic was out…'sides centaurs are awesome!

    48. Gary says – reply to this


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      Prince Caspian is a combination of books 2 and 3. If you had done your research you would have known that there can only be up to 4 more movies coming, not 5. So, what's the difference between PerezHilton and a reputable news reporter again?

    49. kaoticchick says – reply to this


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      its so depressing to see speed racer crash and burn like that..i really expected it to kick iron man off the charts..check out this crazy stand up comedy clip i found about crappy cars..wonder if speed would look just as hot riding one of these..funniest thing ive seen in months
      http://effinfunny.com/jackie-kashian/piece-o-sh%2At-car
      enjoy:)

    50. Amber says – reply to this


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      intrestg factiods

    51. dandangirl100 says – reply to this


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      OMG I am SO excited, as I was an extra in it and I cannot WAIT to see if I'm actually in it! YAY!
      xxxxxxx

    52. Amii says – reply to this


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      Loved Speed Racer as a child, and no interest to see the movie. Besides, no human can get their eyes as big as is necessary. lol.

      I've been scoffing at the latest Indiana movie, but saw a good trailer at Iron Man, and I'll give it a chance.

      Iron Man was awesome and I hated the comic. Robert Downey Junior is damn good as usual, and I don't know if they could have pulled it off without him.

      I'll see Caspian with trepedition - they've clearly changed some major plot points. However, the Chronicals are hardly bible flics. as Kloche was the only one to point out (sad), witches, goblins, and talking animals are antithema to the christian fundies that run the US, and its merely strategic marketing that has kept the directors from suffering similar threats from "good christians." The Chronicles are more similar to the Harry Potter AND Dark Materials (Golden Compass) books than they are to the Bible.

      Incidentally, Lewis was an atheist that went Christian, and Pullman (Golden Compass) was a Christian that went atheist. Both the Chronicals and the Dark Materials have fantastic religious metaphor and have much to teach us. But its best to get ones head out of ones ass prior to attempting to learn something. Dumbass fundies.

    53. bemused says – reply to this


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      Since when have Christians ever come out with anything entertaining? Is it not enough that they have to indoctrinate everyday life? And no, idiots, I'm not an atheist. Harry Potter and The Golden Compass beat Narnia any time. Followers.

    54. Jacki says – reply to this


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      Hells Yeah! I cannot wait for Caspian.

    55. Narnia says – reply to this


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      I'm definitely gonna see this one! The last one was the shiznits!! I've read the book already which makes me wanna see this movie even more. This series is waaaaaaaaay better than harry potter and his gay ass principal. = ] and the prince is effin hot!!!!!!!

    56. google says – reply to this


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      Re: bemused – you've obviously not seen the passion of the christ. or how about the Left Behind series?? i wasn't even a christian when i seen those movies and they were VERY entertaining. Maybe not action packed, or full of useless sex scenes if that's what you call entertainment, but they were still good.

    57. b says – reply to this


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      i liked the books but the recent movie version of lion witch and wardrobe was despicable. however the guy playing prince caspian is hot as hell and i might spare a moment to see him.

    58. blablabla says – reply to this


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      Perez, have you ever read the Chronicles of Narnia. You should appreciate them. They're very homo-erotic (Alsan).
      .
      Sorry to disappoint all you hetero-Christians!!!!!!!!!!!!

    59. blablabla says – reply to this


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      PS…
      also pedophiliac — Aslan and the CHILDREN

    60. blablabla says – reply to this


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      PS…
      thus the true relationship between religion and INNOCENCE

    61. Snoodle says – reply to this


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      Still seems low for that type of film.

    62. Jenn Dashney says – reply to this


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      it opens on my birthday

    63. Kate says – reply to this


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      I can't wait! But I can't wait even more for INDY 4! :D

    64. AJAY says – reply to this


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      this looks soo good, Cant wait!

    65. PEREZ_SUCKS_SHIT says – reply to this


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      PEREZ IS A BIG WHINY BITCH!!! I BET YOU AIN'T EVEN GAY YOU BIG PHONY!!! HA HA HA HA!! PLUS YOU SHOULD GET SOME EXCERCISE FOR YOUR FAT ASS!!!

      WHY DON'T YOU STOP HATING ON INDY AND WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR FAT PIE HOLE!! FATTY!!!! HA HA HA !

    66. Katie says – reply to this


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      Going to the UK premiere! LOVED the first film so can't wait to see this one, it looks AMAZING!
      Also, Pete (#6), I think you need to see how well Narnia did to know that people DID and DO want to see it. Failing that, how many people on here have said they want to see it, cause I've seen quite a few. ;)

    67. Geo says – reply to this


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      I went to see the premier last night and it was not what i expected. It was very slow, took a while before the movie got good. Not to mention everything good was blasted on trailes and commercials. Overall, i, glad i didnt pay for it.

    68. isisloveangel says – reply to this


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      i doubt they will make 5 more movies, because not all the stories in the NARNIA series feature the pevensie children, in fact only one more story features edmund and lucy, but not peter and susan. if they decided to make all the 7 books in the series into movies, you would lose the main characters and the mass appeal. the next 4 books don't really relate to one another very well, in fact the only thing they really have in common is narnia and aslan. and to whomever said they skipped books in the series, they did not. they are doing the movies in the order that the books were published. c.s. lewis himself stated that he never planned the books out ahead of time. when he wrote the lion the witch and the wardrobe he had no idea he'd write caspian. and when he wrote caspian he didn't know he would write the voyage of the dawn trader and etc. the decision to reprint the books in internal chronological order was made by the publisher decades after the fact.

    69. daniel radcliffe fan #1 says – reply to this


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      i've already watch it and is sooo cool i think I will go to the conema 3 more times to watch it again next week, i love narnia, i love william moseley!!!!! I just hope for the last movie william will return!!!

    70. SkandarKeynes is sexy says – reply to this


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      Re: JJ – your wrong, that is the order of events not the order they came out. LWW was first. PC second. Voyage og the Dawn Treader third. Siver Chair 4th. Horse & his boy 5th, boring book. Magician's Nephew 6th, then the last battle