The first three movies had quite decent performances at the box office. The first two; "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" and "Prince Caspian", were distributed by Disney Pictures and both passed $ 100 million box office in US alone. Unfortunately, both failed to attract critics, and I was so agree since they used rather cheesy-uninteresting script. But then, 20th Century Fox snapped the franchise from Disney started from "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", which is a good thing since the movie ascended much much better. It had no cheesy dialogue, a well-written storyline, and fun-to-follow allure.
"The Magician's Nephew" is originally the sixth book of C.S. Lewis' "Narnia" series, but it actually tells the origins of how Narnia universe was built (that's why the books have been re-ordered with "The Magician's Nephew" as the first book from the chronology). Set in Narnian-year 0 (Earth year 1900), it tells about how Aslan creates the magical world and how two pre-adolescent children, Digory Kirke (remember the old professor on "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" movie who told bedtime stories to Lucy Pevensie? Yes, Digory is his name, and this is his younger version) and Polly Plummer enters Narnia through a scientific experiment of Digory's uncle, Andrew. "The Magician's Nephew" also reveals the origins of Jadis, the mean White Witch, played by Tilda Swinton on the first film.
Seems like Walden Media has to conduct new casting calls to play Digory, Polly, and Andrew. As for Jadis, Swinton has expressed her interest to return, since she stated her fascination to "The Magician's Nephew" book.
I'm a huge fan of "Narnia" franchise and I just can't wait for more developments from this film!
