Dawn Treader Poster Unveiled

by Angela Walker

Christian Cinema.Com

Artwork for the new Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the latest film in The Chronicles of Narnia, was just unveiled [See at right]. Hinting at the film's emphasis, the main image on the poster is Aslan, voiced by the inimitable Liam Neeson.

Reepicheep (voiced by Bill Nighy) appears on this poster, and if you look very closely, you see a silhouette of the Dawn Treader itself as a reflection in Aslan's eye.

After seeing early clips of the movie at the recent Biola Media Conference, I'm excited to see the film, which will open in theaters this December. Even with a temporary soundtrack and incomplete post-production sound editing, visual effects, etc., the film resembles The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe more closely than it does Prince Caspian, which many felt was a departure from the C.S. Lewis stories.

For this film in the epic series, Walden Media paired with 20th Century Fox. Walden Media's president Michael Flaherty presented the clips at the conference, and in an interview with Phil Cooke, discussed the transition from Disney to 20th Century Fox, which he feels has a vision for the films that fits more closely with Walden Media's.

The Story

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.

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Executive Editor and Director of Producer Relations for ChristianCinema.com, Angela writes and edits articles and movie reviews, interviews filmmakers, and searches for new films to add to the ChristianCinema.com catalog. A primary focus is interviewing today's filmmakers to get to know the person behind the camera and gain an inside look at the process of making movies. Angela also writes the ChristianMovieNews blog, an ongoing dialogue about faith and film.