News for Nov. 30, 2005

Adamson hopes fans enjoy intimate Narnia moments

11/30/05, 5:23 pm EST - Xoanon

It may be an epic fantasy full of sophisticated visual effects, but Andrew Adamson hopes viewers enjoy the intimate moments in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as much as the effects-laden ones. New Zealand filmmaker Adamson, the man behind the hugely popular Shrek movies, was yesterday promoting what is hoped to be the first of several movies based on C S Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia books in Auckland, where much of the film was shot. But though modern computer technology has enabled him to create quite realistic talking lions, wolves and beavers, Adamson says the story is just as much about the human journey of the four Pevensie children. [More]