Other Titles • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe • The Chronicles of Narnia
Co-starring in the film are Scottish actor James McAvoy as Mr. Tumnus, the kindhearted faun who risks his own fate to ensure Lucy’s safety; Kiran Shah as Ginarrbrik, the White Witch’s malevolent sleigh driver; Oscar® winner Jim Broadbent as Prof. Kirke, whose eccentric country home houses the magical wardrobe; and veteran Scottish performer James Cosmo as Father Christmas, whose arrival in Narnia signals the possible downfall of the White Witch. To lend rich emotions to the magical computer-generated creatures, Adamson recruited a host of acclaimed performers as vocal talents, including Academy Award®-nominated Liam Neeson as Narnia’s noble ruler, Aslan the Lion; Rupert Everett as The Fox, another ally of the children; veteran British performers Ray Winstone and comedienne Dawn French as the kindly, bickering Mr. and Mrs. Beaver.
In forging Lewis’ vast fantasy world, Adamson collaborated with a creative team that includes Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Donald M. McAlpine, ASC, ACS, Oscar®- nominated production designer Roger Ford, costume designer Isis Mussenden, editors Sim Evan-Jones and Jim May and composer Harry Gregson-Williams. The story’s eye-popping gallery of creatures was created under the supervision of visual effects supervisor Dean Wright (“The Lord of the Rings”) working with award-winning visual effects teams from three of the most highly esteemed facilities in the industry: Rhythm & Hues, Sony Imageworks and ILM. The film’s creative team further includes four-time Academy Award®- winning visualist Richard Taylor and the wizards from his WETA Workshop. Taylor’s team joined with veteran movie makeup magicians Howard Berger and Gregory Nicotero, whose award-winning K.N.B. EFX Group manufactured hundreds of special makeup prosthetics to bring the myriad Narnian creatures to life.
“THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE is an adventure the likes of which no one has ever been through, yet everyone who is, or ever was, a child would love to be a part of.” —Producer Mark Johnson
In 1950, the scholar, critic and writer C.S. Lewis published The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the first of his seven-volume series, The Chronicles of Narnia, and established a modern legend. A long-time fan of what he called “fairy stories,” Lewis had set out to write a series of fantasy tales for children, but his creation turned out to be much larger and grander than even he had foreseen. Adults and children alike fell in love with his stirring, action-packed adventure that was set in the middle of World War II bombing raids yet transported readers into an alternate and far more enchanted universe of mythological creatures waging an epic battle between good and evil. Meanwhile, critics were impressed with Lewis’ rare ability to forge a completely believable, imaginary world—one with its own history, geography, culture and myths that nevertheless reflected the struggles, hopes and moral dilemmas of our own world.
Profoundly affecting its fans, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe went on to develop an enduring, worldwide readership and to become a staple of family libraries across the planet. The entire Chronicles of Narnia series—which also includes Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle—took the publishing world by storm, eventually selling over 85,000,000 books in 29 different languages, making it second only to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter tomes as the most popular book series ever. Indeed, Rowling has cited C.S. Lewis’ Narnia as one of the inspirations to her own contemporary stories of magic and adventure.
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