Life4seekers Disney And Walden Media Invite You To Return To Narnia In Summer 2008, Where The Adventure Continues…

Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media will take audiences on an extraordinary journey back to the magical world of Narnia with the exciting new tale “Prince Caspian”.  In 2005 the epic story of CS Lewis’s “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” - based on the beloved series of books, which has sold over 100 million copies – came to big screen.  The cast and visionary creative team are reunited to bring audiences “Prince Caspian”, with Academy Award®-nominated director Andrew Adamson taking to the helm once again. 

 “Prince Caspian” will take film-goers to new and undiscovered parts of Narnia and promises to be bigger and more spectacular than ever before, with more action and battle scenes and incredible special effects.  The film also sees the introduction of a whole series of new characters including the eponymous Prince Caspian, who will go on to star in the next 3 chronicles.

The four young British talents discovered by Adamson for the first film are back as the Pevensie children; Georgie Henley as Lucy, Skandar Keynes as Edmund, William Moseley as Peter, and Anna Popplewell as Susan.  The film’s title character Prince Caspian will be played by Ben Barnes, a 26-year-old British actor, whose previous work includes a theatre role in “The History Boys” for London’s National Theatre Company and film roles in the independent feature “Bigga Than Ben” and Matthew Vaughn’s fantasy film “Stardust”.  

“Prince Caspian” follows the Pevensie siblings as they are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them.  One year after the incredible events of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. 

The four children meet Prince Caspian: Narnia’s rightful heir to the throne, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne.  With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz’s tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land.

Also co-starring in the film are a pair of diminutive actors whose talents have loomed large on the motion picture screen - Peter Dinklage (“The Station Agent,” “Find Me Guilty”) as the Red Dwarf Trumpkin, who accompanies the Pevensie children on their new journey; and Warwick Davis (“Willow,” “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”) as the suspicious Black Dwarf, Nikabrik. The film also features veteran Flemish actor Vincent Grass (“Vatel,” “Londinium”) as the wise old sage, Doctor Cornelius, Prince Caspian’s tutor who educates the future Narnian king in the history of his land.  Veteran Scottish actor Ken Stott (“Casanova,” “King Arthur”) will lend his vocal talents to the role of Trufflehunter, the faithful badger who believes the former Kings and Queens of Narnia will return to assist Caspian in his quest. 

Inspired by CS Lewis’ imaginative creations, the story’s human cast will once again be complemented by a gallery of original creatures portrayed onscreen in the combined efforts of live-action and CGI animation under the supervision of visual effects supervisor Dean Wright, who will also collaborate this time with VFX veteran Wendy Rogers (“Shrek,” “Flushed Away”), and the movie magicians at London’s Moving Picture Company, Framestore/CFC and Weta Digital in New Zealand.  Five -time Academy Award®-winning visualist Richard Taylor (“Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “King Kong”) and the wizards from his Weta Workshop will also design the film’s armour and weaponry for Narnia’s new inhabitants, the Telmarines.   Howard Berger and Tami Lane will also reprise their efforts for the film’s makeup effects, and will manufacture and apply hundreds of special makeup prosthetics for many of the unique characters in the story.

                  “The Chronicles of Narnia” is released in cinemas across the UK on 26 June 2008.

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