Silver Chair or Magician’s Nephew?
In a recent interview with the Examiner, Mark Johnson discussed the next film:
I know you get asked this question a lot, but I’ll ask anyway: Will there be a fourth “Narnia” movie?
Johnson: Keep in mind that the two youngest Penvensie kids, Lucy and Edmund, don’t come back, so the next movie will have Eustace. We could do “The Silver Chair” or we could do “The Magician’s Nephew.”
Which book do you think fans want to see more as the fourth “Narnia” movie: “The Silver Chair” or “The Magician’s Nephew”?
Johnson: That’s a really good question. I couldn’t tell you. We should put it to the fans [to decide]. I know we have to do “The Magician’s Nephew.” I love that book! The question is: “Do we do it now and let our Eustace grow older? Or do we do ‘The Silver Chair’ and then do ‘The Magician’s Nephew’?”
Johnson has asked the fans, so let’s answer him. What do you think? Should the next film be The Silver Chair or The Magician’s Nephew? Click here and go to the bottom-right to answer our poll and let us know in the comments below what you think.
The order of the Narnia stories has always been a debate among fans. SC was published fourth, and MN sixth. But chronologically, MN is #1 and SC #6. Read more.
Original cover art: "The Silver Chair" (1953) and "The Magician's Nephew" (1955)
Ditto!
silver chair!
The Magician's Nephew would be very cool, I'd love to see the special effects with all the details that the book have (in 3d, it would be awesome) but SC is more intelligent to do, because of Eustace! you guy are right!
Plus, you kind of want the continuity with the development of Eustace's character. It doesn't matter so much if you interrupt Eustace and Jill's story between Silver Chair and The Last Battle, but at the beginning of Silver Chair we're still seeing the effects of Eustace's transformation from a hell-born brat to a much nobler kid–the whole bullying subplot, which I always thought was an interesting way to start the book.
Um… Silver chair! duh!!! Because if it's not silver chair then Will P will get to old to be in it. changes of actors are Dreadful!
Silver Chair, no doubt.
Silver Chair.
Agreed Raphael!
The Silver chair should be next in the narnia series!!! Apted u have made an awsome job, my dream is to become a movie director!. Im praying to direct a Narnia movie thats my biggest dream!! OR WHEN U START TO SHOOT THE NEXT NARNIA FILM CALLED ME TO BE THERE I WILL GIVE ALL MY SUPPORT AND HELP!!! I PRAY TO GOD SO THIS DAY TRULY COMES TRUE!!! I SO EXITED ABOUT THIS NARNIA MOVIE COOMING UP THIS DECEMBER I CANT WAIT ANYMORE SEND THE THIRD TRAILER PLISSS IM SO HAPPY!!!!
Defintiely The Silver Chair. It will flow so much better from story to story since The Magician's Nephew and The Horse and His Boy come chronologically before The Silver Chair. The Horse and His Boy should be made 2nd to last since there is the Calorman theme running through both that and The Last Battle. I would do almost anything to direct The Horse and His Boy! I have been dreaming of that since I was eleven!
as much as i love MN, it is my favorite narnia book, i have to vote for SC
DEFINENTLY SC IT WILL MAKE MUCH MORE SCENSE IN THE SERIES BECAUSE THE MN IS ABOUT NARNIA BEING CREATED, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING AFTER NARNIA WAS CREATED!!!!! and plus we dont want Eustce to get TOO old. So TOTES SC:D
silver chair!
Both MN and SC are my favourite books in the Narnia series. I'd love to see them do MN, but I think it logically makes more sense to do SC first. The audience will have grown to know Eustace over VDT. It wouldn't be wise to move on to some new characters.
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THE SILVER CHAIR!!!!!!!!
(did i make my point?)
I think you should do The Silver Chair. Reason is, Eustace will get much older, Will IS already 19, and I've been really waiting for the Silver Chair. It's also going to cause a bit of confusion if girls are already wanting to do Jill and then they find out they can't and it's Polly instead. That is what I think. Comment on this if you agree.
While I love "The Magician's Nephew", I think they should do "The Silver Chair" before Eustace gets too old. 🙂
Silver chair! Reason being that Eustace shouldn't be too old – only one year passes between VDT and SC. And I think that interposing Magician's Nephew right in the middle of the ongoing story of Narnia would be confusing, and potentially lose some of the audience. So I say Silver Chair next! 🙂
I am definetly for The Silver Chair! Will needs to be Eustace for it immediately, before he gets too old. As much as I like MN, SC works better to attract watchers who liked Eustace, and I really want to see Jill! Go SC now, MN before LB! 🙂
Ben’s only twenty-nine now so unless they wait another thirty years to make SC he’s going to sit threw a lot of make-up. That is if he’s even in SC, I think they’ll just get another actor who looks like him to play the older version of Caspian.
The Silver Chair!
Silver Chair. Otherwise the kid playing Eustace will be too old. I also think it just doesn't make any sense to do Magician's Nephew now, only to back track later and do Silver Chair. It would mess up the flow of the series, not to mention probably confuse quite a few people.
The Magicians Nephew! Lots of people are saying to do Silver Chair first so that Eustace wont age too much, but what about Tilda Swinton? Not only can she not age too much, but she is supposed to be YOUNGER in Magicians Nephew. Besides if they do Silver Chair next, then there will be a SIX YEAR GAP between Eustace's appearance in Silver Chair and Last Battle, so he will look radically older in the last movie than Silver chair. So if you sandwich Silver Chair between MN and HHB then his aging will look more gradual.. just my opinion!
Silver Chair, definitely! After all this trouble of introducing Eustace to the non-fans, do we want to just drop him and pick up an entirely new duo? What's up with that?
silver chair, MN, Horse and his boy and then last battle. I don't mind the order of MN and HHB
The Magician's Nephew!
The Silver Chair, honestly I don't think a lot of people would go watch the Magician's Nephew. The people love the Pevensie kids and I'm sure they'll love Eustace!!!!!!! So the Silver Chair!
Eustace goes back to Narnia in the Silver Chair very soon after he did in VDT. So the Silver Chair would be the best for the next movie so that Will Poulter doesn't age too much to continue play Eustace.
Though Silver Chair may be cinematically more powerful, its time the general public gets to know the origin of Narnia. MN is one of the most theologically charged of the books, as is of course the Dawn Treader.
The Silver Chair. The magicians nephew is the last movie that should be made.
Oh The Silver Chair most definatly. They started making the films in publishing order, why change that now? I also like the feeling of see the creation of Narnia, and the destrution of Narnia back to back. Plus, it would be a sweet thing for people who have never read the books, to start watching MN and be like, "What?" LOL And then at the end they are like, "OH!!! It's the Begining of Narnia!! I get it!"And then have the lasy movie come out after the first story would be cool in my eyes.
Silver Chair while Will Poulter is still somewhat young. Then move on to MN. Then HHB. Then LB.
I've kind of always thought that too. Wouldn't it be wonderful; everyone grows up with the stories, the myths, the characters, like Professor Kirke, and Jadis, and of course Aslan, but never really knew the exact story behind them, or how they all fit in. Then, after they made all the other books they make the MN…with the wood between the worlds, the first King and Queen of Narnia, the talking animals, and the most thrilling-the creation of the wardrobe. It's almost like the Stars Wars (not comparing them! :)) where you know the general story but not the little thrilling details of how the story connects and finally makes sense. Come to think of it…that's what they're doing with the Hobbit movie as well.
They absolutely must do SC next for 2 reasons, reason 1: it's my favorite in the series, reason 2: Will Poulter is 17 can you believe, he wouldn't last long. Next do Horse and his Boy, Magician's Nephew then Last Battle. Do you think they'll do LB in two parts like Deathly Hallows and Breaking Dawn are? (From Harry Potter and Twilight respectively)
I would put the Silver Chair next, then the Horse and His Boy followed by The Magician's Nephew and then finally concluded it with The Last Battle.
Magician's Nephew!!!!!!!!!
i really should think we shold do MN because oh we 've seen the old one and know ,,yea" it s great…"
but MN is cool too cuz how narnia was made and everything. that would be cool in imax and 3d of how aslan would create everything…..
Sc….hmmmm…will P. would get older but unless they film MN rightaway….will P…isnt he aliitle boy? then he probably can grow and mature just alittle then? however, even though i kinda want MN too go first, i think SC will be irst cuz of this grow problem..what do u think?
Silver Chair
Silver Chair! It's part of the same plot continuum.
The Silver Chair, absolutely! It's possibly my favorite book in the series. Also, it'd be better for the continuity I think, since it continues Eustace's story.
Magician's Nephew would be fun to see, but I can wait for it. I agree with Reepicheep: The order should be SC, then HaHB, then MN, and then LB.
Silver Chair,definetly! i agree with kal that it'd be better for the continuity.
I hope they make the Silver Chair first, though I would like to see the MN I think it is unneccesary, because people already know Narnia exists. And if they do Will Poulter will be like 23 or 24 when they finally make the LB. Although they will have probably added several MLG's or MLB's to keep kid's interested
I most definitely agree. Eustace would age too much if MN was made first. In VDT we see the bad side of Eustace and I am anxious to see his good side in Silver Chair.
I think the order for the movies should be Silver Chair, Horse and his Boy, Magician's Nephew, and then the Last Battle.
I think the Silver Chair would be better for the continuity, and I also think it's good, to stick to the publication order. (and I'm also realy exited about how they do the marshwiggles 😀 )
but on the other hand I also love MN, and I think SC would bee easyer for them to ruin. (putting too much action and stuff in it.)
AND: they could putt the Wite Witch in MN without annoying any fans 🙂 and everybody would be happy
I DON'T CARE WHICH ONE THEY MAKE FIRST, what matters is that THEY MAKE ALL OF THE BOOKS INTO MOVIES 😛
SILVER CHAIR!!!!!!!I've been waiting for my fav Narnia book to be turned into a movie since LWW came out!!Besides it just wouldn't make sense to do Magician's Nephew after VDT.
I never thought of it that way, but I agree 100%.
Horse and his boy)))
I love the Magician's Nephew while the Silver Chair, I personally think is rather boring. If it was entirely up to me, I'd do the MN first and SC later, but there's only supposed to be a summer between the VoDT and SC so that kind of shoots that one out.
I agree!
I disagree. I think that I would be more than awkward to end Narnia in the Last Battle, then turn around and show how Narnia began. In order to get the climatic ending in the Last Battle, I think you need to be able to see everything Narnia has been and then see it all end. I think the order should be SC, MN, HHB, and then LB. Doing the Magician's Nephew and the Horse and his Boy between the Silver Chair and the Last Battle will give the kids the time to age as by the time the Last Battle comes around only Eustace and Jill are still in school.
1. Silver Chair
2. Horse and his Boy
3. Magicians Nephew
4.Last Battle
I believe that Silver chair should definitely be made next, then Magicians's nephew, the Horse and his Boy, and finally the Last Battle. but please, please hurry fast as you can. For what we know this world might end before we see Narnia end! We might see the real Aslan's Country, before we even get to see it in The Silver Chair or The Last Battle.
But then I don't think I'll be worrying about Narnia much, I'll be with Aslan's other Name, JESUS
and then we can go further up and further in together!
The Silver Chair, especially because of Eustace, but the SC comes next, and it's one of my favorite Narnia books, so definatly the SC.
FFJ
Most Definetly! Silver Chair!, Silver Chair!,Silver Chair!, Silver Chair!. It’s my favorite book in the series, do it while Will Poulter is still young.
Its so Sad as every one is voting for SC… But, I personally couldn't chose so whichever is picked wins…
Silver Chair! No contest. I love Magician's Nephew, but I consider LWW-PC-VDT-SC the four "core" Narnia books… establishing the main story of the Pevensies and their friends. MN, HHB, and LB are the volumes that enhance and deepen the world from that point on.
4. Silver Chair
5. The Magicians Nephew
6. The Horse and His Boy
7. The Last Battle
That's the order I see making the most sense to me. See, SC is next chronologically, and it would be good to see Will P. play Eustace again. It wouldn't work so well to have another actor do it, though it's possible. I say put HHB after MN because by that time Will, Anna, Skander, and Georgie will have grown up enough to reprise their roles. Then LB last, of course. 🙂 Ah, I have such a hard time picking my favorite book!
I say Silver Chair! Although I would love to see Magician's Nephew, Eustace would probably be three years older by the time they got to Silver Chair if they did it after Magician's Nephew.
I would very much like to see silver chair! But they need to do SC,MN,HHB, then the Big Epic Ending,(yes I said Epic!) The Last Battle. Just to think, I'll be 21 when these movies are done.
We have to wait soooooo long! 🙁