For the book, see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Template:Infobox Film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 fantasy film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the third in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The two younger Pevensies, Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley), stay with their cousin Eustace Scrubb (Will Poulter) while Peter Pevensie is studying for an exam with Professor Kirke, and Susan Pevensie is off to America. Edmund, Lucy and Eustace find a painting of an old ship and they all get sucked into it, where they will join the new King Caspian (Ben Barnes) on an adventure they will never forget. The film will be released in the USA and the United Kingdom theatrically on December 10, 2010 and in Australia on December 9.

Plot

In the enchanted land of Narnia, Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley) (along with their cousin Eustace Scrubb (Will Poulter) join King Caspian (Ben Barnes) on a sworn mission to find the seven lost Lords of Narnia. So begins a perilous new quest that takes them to the farthest edge of the Eastern world on board the mighty Dawn Treader. Sailing uncharted seas, the old friends must survive a terrible storm, encounters with sea serpents, dragons, and invisible enemies to reach lands where magicians weave mysterious spells and nightmares come true. They need every ounce of courage and the help of the great lion Aslan (Liam Neeson) to triumph in their most hazardous adventure of all.

Cast

• Ben Barnes as King Caspian; At the start of the novel, it is learned that, one year after the events of Prince Caspian in 2304, King Caspian X waged war upon the Giants of the North, and defeated them in several decisive victories, the likes of which were not seen since the days of High King Peter. Caspian has proved to be a remarkable king, "the best king the Narnians had seen since the days of the kings and queens of Old". He is overjoyed as seeing the Pevensies again, but does not like Eustace. He falls in love with the daughter of a star, and it is later revealed that they get married.
• Liam Neeson as the voice of Aslan.
• Eddie Izzard as the voice of Reepicheep; In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Reepicheep accompanies Caspian on his voyage in the hope of finding Aslan's Country at the end of the world. He believes it is possible to sail to Aslan's Country. During the journey, Reepicheep teaches Eustace Scrubb about honour, courage, and loyalty, even though at the start of their relationship Eustace treats Reepicheep with great disrespect.
• Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie; Edmund, Lucy and their cousin Eustace enter the world of Narnia through a magic painting, and end up in the ocean. They are rescued and brought on board the Dawn Treader, where they are reunited with King Caspian, who is on a quest to search for the missing Lords that his uncle had sent to explore other lands some years before. This is Edmund and Lucy's last adventure in the world of Narnia. By this point Edmund's character has matured a great deal which can be seen in the way he deals with his cousin Eustace and in the power struggle with Caspian. By this time also, Edmund has come to trust Lucy's judgement for the most part unquestioningly. When Eustace changes his behavior after being changed back from a dragon, Edmund mentions his own betrayal and says that Eustace wasn't worse than he was. Edmund is at times openly hostile towards Eustace, due to Eustace's insolent and ignorant attitude towards Narnia in general, but in general does his best to ignore him.
• Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie; While Susan travels to America and Peter studies with Professor Kirke, Lucy, Edmund and Eustace are drawn into Narnia through a magical painting in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Lucy is much kinder to Eustace throughout the journey than the rest of the crew, including Edmund and Caspian. While she admits to Reepicheep that he can behave "absolutely dreadfully", she seems to see some sort of good in him that the others don't. She repeatedly defends Eustace and patiently explains the Narnian customs and ways to him, even though he turns a deaf ear. Lucy, despite her young age (13-14), often proves the most mature person out of all of them, and can be extremely brave.
• Will Poulter as Eustace Scrubb; We meet Eustace at the beginning of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader with the memorable opening line, "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." He is the only child of what Lewis describes as "very up-to-date and advanced people," who send him to a progressive mixed school. Eustace calls his parents by their first names; his parents are vegetarians, nonsmokers, teetotalers (lifestyles which were almost unheard of in Britain during the 1940s), and wear a special kind of underclothes. At his school, the bullies are supported by the administration. Eustace is one year younger than Lucy, but considerably less mature than both her and Edmund.

Production

Michael Apted took over as the film's director from Andrew Adamson, who opted to produce with Mark Johnson, Perry Moore and Douglas Gresham. Steven Knight wrote the script following a draft by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Richard Taylor, Isis Mussenden and Howard Berger continue their roles working on the production design and practical effects, while visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel, composer David Arnold and cinematographer Dante Spinotti are those joining the series.^[1] Filming is to take place from July to November 2009 in the Gold Coast, Queensland,^[2] and the film will be released on December 10, 2010 in the USA and United Kingdom.^[3]

When Apted signed on to direct The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in June 2007, filming was set to begin in January 2008 for a May 1, 2009 release date.^[4] Shooting would have begun in Malta, and then moved to Prague and Iceland.^[5] A few months later, Disney announced that "in consideration of the challenging schedules for [its] young actors", they were delaying the release date to May 7, 2010,^[6] and filming was moved to October 2008.^[7] Johnson rescheduled the shoot to Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, where two-thirds of the film would be shot at the water tank that was used for Titanic and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.^[8] Filming was also scheduled for Australia.^[9] Disney and Walden eventually grew concerned over Mexico's safety, and Australian officials at Warner Roadshow Studios in Queensland offered to become the project's base for the whole shoot.^[10]

It was announced in January 2009 that 20th Century Fox would replace Walt Disney Pictures as distributor. Disney and Walden disputed over the budget after Prince Caspian grossed far less than The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Disney wanted to limit it to $100 million, whereas Walden wanted a $140 million budget, for which Disney would only need to provide half.^[11] In December 2008, Disney opted not to produce the film because they feared the budget would only grow during filming and post-production. The Los Angeles Times also reported "creative differences" led to the split.^[12] Times columnist Mary McNamara further notes leaving the series could have been a mistake, because Voyage is the most popular Narnia book, while Caspian was the series' least popular and did not create the anticipation surrounding the first film.^[13] Fox had pursued the Narnia film rights in 2001 and distributed various other Walden projects. Michael Petroni was hired to rewrite the script,^[14] following a draft by Richard LaGravenese.^[15]

Filming will begin on July 15th in Australia. ^[16]

Notes

External links

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at the Internet Movie Database
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• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at Box Office Mojo
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at Rotten Tomatoes