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)
i agree with you totally…i mean its better to do the horse and his boy after MN and before LB…so the pevenses are older in the horse and his boy as in the books….and same with eustrace as of in the silver chair before MN
The Magicians Nephew first then Silver Chair
I definately think SC should go next. From this point, chonologically, it makes more sense. There's only one year between PC and SC (earth years) as far as the books are concerned so Eustace doesn't have to age much. But between SC and LB there's 5 years (did the math). Yeah. And as far as MN and HHB are concerened I don't really care the order…though probably HHB should go later because Lucy, Susan and Edmund are in this one as adult King and Queens so they need to be older. But just as long as they're all made and Last Battle is LAST I don't give a hoot. <3
thats funny…i was thinking the exact thing…making LB into two parts like the other series..that would be cool…that way theres an extra narnia film and more scenes from the book will fit in the two films
I think Silver chair should be next otherwise the actors will be two old after the Magician's Nephew. Play it smart Johnson; do the Silver Chair.
The Silver Chair! That one is awesome. So is the other one.
Silver Chair, Magicians Nephew, Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle:
SC first so Eustace isn't too old. MN next so Jadis isn't too old, also because it sets up the "Witch Cycle", which is completed in the previous film (yes, I know they aren't supposed to be the same Witch, though if they made it so for the films I think it would be a nice touch) and because it's my fave book after LWW, Horse and His Boy next because the Pevensies will be a good age to play their older selves and Cor can carry the "kid factor" and it would be nice to see a "Happy Story" set in the Golden Age of Narnia before the kinda downbeat LB, then finally The Last Battle because it doesn't really matter how old Jill Pole (or the Pevensies) is at this point.
I personally hated both books. Both were boring and(especially the MN) was pretty philosophical. I would love for them to do "The Horse and His Boy" as that was always my favorite Narnia book.
Some people may want to do the "magician's nephew" (that includes Tilda Swinton) but I definitely vote for "Silver Chair" then "Last Battle" then "Horse and his boy" and then "Magician's nephew".
Any comments on that set up?
Well I loved them all except PC. However I do like the way Walden has re-done the movie different from the book.
the silver chair!
The Silver Chair!
Oh, no. Will P. was seventen last time I checked- he used to be able to pass for barely fourteen despite that, but in a recent interview, Apted said that a few months ago (which would be after movie shooting, so we don't have pictures) he began going through something like puberty. He's growing- just because he looks young for his age doesn't mean he'll stay that way forever.
Silver Chair needs to come next.
Well, Georgie would be a good age if HHB was made after SC, don't you think? But I like it overall.
I don't see how Mark Johnson thinks the matter could even be up for debate. They either do Silver Chair next, or they never do it at all. There is only one window of opportunity for doing Silver Chair, please don't screw it up by getting ahead of yourself.
im at 50/50…idk which to vote for. they're both such AMAZING stories!! mayb doing MN next would b pretty cool… i just want a 4th one to b made!!!!!!!!
definately that would be the silver chair…it would be so much more intriguing and might be good for the $$ which they need. the downside would be that Jill would come in, so they would have to film the Last Battle directly after to go with that. That would be awesome too!
Silver Chair. Magician's Nephew is too boring. I'd like to see it filmed but I'd much rather see SC. More interesting and something has got to replace the dryer-hose snake puppet….
The Magician’s Nephew! I have always want to see when Aslan wakes up all the aninmals! 😀 Narnia narnia narnia. Awake, Love, Think, Speak. Be Walking trees, Be Talking beasts, Be Divine water.
Why not go with Silver Chair next? It's next in the publication order. If the movies strayed from publication order just think of how confusing it will be to those on the outside who are trying to figure out which order to read/watch the Narnia stories. I will say though, that as long as Magician's Nephew is read after LWW you can drop it in anywhere. But I think if you don't go Silver Chair next you disrupt the "Caspian Trilogy" as it's been called.
Silver Chair. Since Eustace is in it, I'm not quite so concerned about the age thing, but it's a continuation of his story. Magician's Nephew would feel like it's interrupting his story…and, in a sense, Caspian's. I guess the same could be said about Jill Pole between Silver Chair and Last Battle, but since she comes into Last Battle later on in the story, I don't feel like Magician's Nephew & The Horse & His Boy would be interrupting it as much as separating Dawn Treader and Silver Chair would.
they should make the silver chair next and then the horse and his boy and then the magicians nephew. Do them in the order they were published.
I think they should do the Silver Chair beeause Eustace is in it
I say no way to A boy and his horse as a movie. It was in my opinion not very good. Now, Last Battle is a different story. I think it would put the lion, the witch and the wardrobe to shame.
I say Silver Chair. Because just like it was said, there is only a short timeframe from VTD to SC. And I agree that it would seem to interrupt the timeframe. I would have rather them done the movies like it was done timewise, but I can understand why they did what they did. To do the movies the way C S Lewis write them.
I would say, do SC now. And personally I love SC more the the Magician Nephew anyway. And then NH, but wait to show that one, let the actors grow some, then do the Horse and His Boy so Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and for all we know Peter, though he was never it in, be there. Then make the Last Battle before everyone, as well as Eustace and Jill get too much older, then show the MN. And then they have the LB to show for say the following year.
I doubt the movies will be as popular once the pevensie children are out of it. I mean, after The Dawn Treader, we don't see the pevensies until the Last Battle. So until then I doubt the movies will be as popular.
Silver Chair…(I'm planning to audition for it too!) can't wait
Silver Chair, without a doubt. Eustace is my love 🙂 And, honestly, I think that making the movies (and publishing the books as well) in the original published order is best because that's how we get the most understanding. C.S. Lewis didn't write the books in chronological order. He wrote them as he thought of them. If we read/see the movies in the order in which Lewis imagined it, then we gain understanding as he did.
Silver Chair, Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, and then the Last Battle in that order.
Get it done Walden and Fox. 😉
They should be made in the order he wrote them. It would be great either way
I completely agree
I think they should make The Silver Chair first because of Eustace and how he'll get older the longer they wait. They did the same with The LWW and PC for the Kid's; technically HHB goes between the two. Also, none of the original characters are in MN, one is, but he is much younger than we've currently seen him. And I think it would be good to end the series with MN because that was how the books were published; it was published last because people wanted to know how Narnia all began.
MN is one of my favorites and I don't really want to wait, but I think it'll be worth it! =)
I just don't understand this. Isn't it obvious that The Silver Chair should be made Next? Eustace is in it, and he could grow alot by the time they get back to it if they delay. What if they had decided to make a Movie inbetween LWW and PC. Then in PC Lucy would've looked like she does in VODT in PC!
They should do The Siver Chair next then HHB then Magician's Nephew – and they should be shooting the Last Battle while they are working on Magician's Nephew to keep Eustice the right age.
I think I have to agree with the majority on this: The Silver Chair next. As much as I would love for TMN to come out first, the actors have to be considered. Will and the actress who plays Jill will have to be a couple years younger for TSC than for TLB. TH&HB could come next, I suppose, although I don't really think it will end up with a good adaptation (considering it will probably be radically changed due to perceived racist elements). TMN will provide a nice kind of lead-in for the finale. That would bring it full circle. Oh, I'm excited about this! I like the last books (minus THHB) best!
This is tough since both books ate my FAVORITE (Silver Chair being number 1, even over Wardrobe). So I guess Silver Chair would make more sense so Eustace wont age too much…
UM NO SORRY!!!!!! THE SILVER CHAIR IS DEFINETLY THE NEXT MOVIE!!!!! i mean its not like i dont like MN i love it its 1 of the narnia books but everything has 2 go in order so that it makes sense. so i think that the silver chair should totally b the next movie. and if they had 2 put MN in then they should have made it the first movie bcause that explains the whole story of how narnia came 2 b!!!!! so i vote SILVER CHAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s the last battle definetly has 2 b the last movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Either one would be good
Silver Chair FIRST!!! Eustace is the continuity there, as well as King Caspian et al.
Then I don't particularly care whether they do MN or HHB next, though I'd prefer HHB, then LB.
Well, I don't know about the world ending, but at the rate production is making these movies, it might. 😉
Even though Magician's Nephew will make a fantastic film, I think it definitely makes more sense to do Silver Chair first… what with Eustace already cast. Although, doesn't it all kind of depend on the success of VDT? If this one completely flops, what are the chances of them doing another one?
I think you should do silver chair next Will Poulter is in silver chair as Eustace and you might want to film it before he gets to old for his characters part
The Silver Chair. Will Poulter still has two movies left to complete before he grows up, which is happening faster than we realize! Magician's Nephew has no character continuity with any of the current actors, apart from Tilda Swinton, for whom five years won't make that much of a difference.
Has anyone seen this picture before?!! It's Edmund Caspian, Lucy and Eustace (as a dragon) in a cave!!!! It must be new…
http://www.fotolog.com/narnia_ismyworld/53170626
Oh wait, never mind. 🙂 I guess Narnia Fans has it.
http://www.narniafans.com/archives/9447
Who on earth would even consider doing Magician's Nephew BEFORE Silver Chair??? Anyone who wants it done this way cannot be called a true Narnian fan, there is no one within their reasonable mind that would think this good for the movie franchse. Do it the way it was first done,the way they are doing it right now, in publishing order, the way C.S. Lewis did it himself!!
Exactly! If they do MN next, it will take them at least as long as it did to make all the other movies and probably longer cause it is such a hard story to tranfer to film. Will Poulter will be way to old, he's already what, 16, 17? They can't have the huge age gap that they had in PC again.
Yes, that is the best order, the original order. And is there seriously anyone who read the books in chronoligical order and enjoyed them as much if you read them the way they were published?? To read the stories or watch the movies in the order the storiy happens isn't very exciting or interesting.
But what about The Last Battle? It would be weird to have a moive about the end of Narnia ((LB)) and then have a movie about the beginning of Narnia ((MN)). I mean, you can't continue the story after it's done. LB should be the conclusion, cause it's the end of Narnia and the beginning of something more, and to learn the origin of it all right before the end would i think be the best choice, and very exciting and climax-building towards LB.
MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It just needs to be that one. It "feels" more like Narnia than any of them I am afraid that if they don't make it now they never will. Actually I want The Horse and His Boy more than any of them…but that's not an option ;).
This is a good sign if they are talking about making more!
I think The Silver Chair. My main reason is that so far, the movies have been made in the order Lewis Published them in. So if we stick to that, The Silver Chair is next, followed by The Horse and his Boy, THEN The Magician's Nephew, and The Last battle. Yes, The Magician's nephew does come first, but I think that ship has sailed. I say finish the Caspian trilogy, then move on to the rest. Personally I can't wait to see The Magician's Nephew, but I think it'll be worth the wait.
Definently the silver chair! We should go in order published and magician nephew could wait a few years! Let finish this first b4 we go prequel on them
i think the silver chair. i want to try a casting for Pole
Bleh, that's a hard one! It would be neat to do Silver Chair because they could have Poulter from VODT in it, but it would be so awesome to see the Magician's Nephew as well (Hasn't Tilda Swinton expressed interest in doing MN or something??) I would say Silver Chair first.
Silver Chair needs to be done before Eustace gets older. Then MN, and I would love to see Last Battle finish out the series.
Unfortunately, I don't think there's a place for HOB in the series. I hate that though, because it's my second favorite in the series. But if it doesn't get made, at least we'll always have one book untouched by Hollywood!
Oh, she would be FUN to play!
since we're already following this sequence i'd say Silver Chair,then the Last Battle the the Magician's Naphew…
but on the Horse and his boy the Pevensies are older…lets just do it the way they were published!
The Magicians Nephew would be cool, since its the beginning, but i do think they should do the Sliver Chair because of Eustace being cast. and if they waited, he'd probably have to be recast
SILVER CHAIR, DUH!!! B/c that's the order they were published in, plus, Will Poulter is already too OLD! He's turning 18 in February! They have to make SC first…
i love The Magicians Nephew but I think they should do The Silver Chair because Eustace is in it. It's naturally the next story.