jimbow8 Wrote:I keep meaning to read these books..... someday. I'll probably see the movie first, unfortunately.

The trailers look pretty good.

faith m Wrote:I'm so excited about the 'Narnia' movie coming out this Christmas, especially after hearing the Radio Theatre versions of 'Narnia'. Anyone heard of it? This team of producers spent six years creating audio dramas of all seven 'Chronicles of Narnia'.

Audio Dramas are like movies that play in your mind -- they get dozens of actors together to record different characters, a composer does an original music score, then they add sound effects like dragons flying and Aslan's roar (where did they get these sounds anyway?)

The combination of the voices, music and sound design is totally amazing. It's like being in 'Narnia'. Because they stayed so close to the books, Narnia fans should really check out these authentic versions of C.S. Lewis' work before going to see the Walden/Disney film. Just my opinion.

Here's something cool I found out: Radio Theatre is sponsoring a booth at several music festivals this summer! You can get a CD sampler of the 'Narnia' dramas and I think they're doing giveaways too (?) These are the dates I heard:
June 28-July 1 - Creation East in PA
July 1 - Celebrate Freedom in Dallas, TX
July 27-31 - Creation West in George, WA
July 31-Aug. 3 - Kingdom Bound at Six Flags Darien Lake, NY state

http://www.EnterNarnia.com, which looks like it's still in development, has more details about Radio Theatre's 'Narnia' playing on radio this summer, ways to order the dramas, etc. Maybe they'll add behind-the-scenes stuff soon.

See link below for the best clip I could find of the dramas... it's not really a clip of the actual drama, but 'The Magician's Nephew' introduction with Douglas Gresham. Gresham (C.S. Lewis' stepson) is the host for all seven dramas:
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/focusonthefamily/radiotheatre/trailers/magiciansnephew.wax