Why is narnia not disney

The first movie had been released at Christmas, which seemed a logical slot for a family-oriented picture. Honestly, who knows -- it may have been a factor. But release dates are funny -- they never seem to affect a movie people really want to see. The real fascinating question is: Who will release it? Walden could announce a new deal as early as later this week. The studio with the inside track is 20th Century Fox, which has first dibs on the project because it already markets and distributes Walden projects under its Fox-Walden banner.

Tags: Disney Fox Narnia narnia box set prince caspian the lion the witch and the wardrobe the voyage of the dawn treader Walden Media. It's like antitrust has just disappeared and no one cares anymore. I do wish in a way that Disney was still involved just because it means we wouldn't get a reboot and the series could finish properly. Then again, I don't trust Disney, not after the ditched Narnia in the first place.

A box set would be cool, even though I already own all the DVDs. I would love a new box set with special features and additional content. But mostly I would love Disney to return to Narnia and finish the series with our four Pevensies that we've grown to know and love. But like many I am disappointed in Disney backing out years ago, but I personally blame the egos of both Walden Media and Disney for not coming to a better release date for Prince Caspian than between Indian Jones 4 and Iron Man!

I'll be watching from the shadows to see what happens with this merger. Did they know Iron Man was going to be a hit though? I'd barely heard of the character before the movies came out. I think they had high hopes for it. It was probably a test. At the very least, it would be a big challenge to any other film because superhero movies always attract moviegoers. Think of the general success of the X-Men movies and the original Spider-Man trilogy, and they were arguably mediocre movies.

I just believe that if Walden or Disney had moved their holiday movies at the time what were they…Waterhorse and Enchanted? Disney might have still had the success they wanted and not backed out of the project, leaving Walden to pick up the pieces with Fox, which rarely works out. I agree. They should have acknowledged that the competition with Iron Man and Indiana Jones, along with less familiarity with that book, contributed to a lower gross that was still in the top ten for that year.

Sadly i doubt the Narnia aspect of this Fox merger deal even registers on Disney's radar, especially not in comparison to the huge implications for Marvel Studios in regaining key characters and the massive boost to their Television strategy in acquiring further stakes in Hulu and Sky. Given that North America seems to be the only region that hasn't already had a Narnia Trilogy Boxset, and that the ones released over here in Europe and elsewhere haven't exactly been flying off the shelves in the 6 years since they were made available, i kind of doubt that Disney would consider it a worthy investment to do so.

I guess maybe if the whole Netflix thing really takes off they might consider a quick cash in, but even then id be surprised to see anything more than a cheap re-packaging. There is a little more news on this front.

Disney will probably make a boxed set whenever Netflix finally releases their Narnia adaptions, however, I don't think that Disney will do it before then because their strategy is to promote whatever properties they own completely.

I think this is one of the reasons they abandoned the Narnia movies and announced it just in time for Christmas — a wrong move.

Disney tends to do best making things where they have freedom to drastically change the storyline and Narnia is not one of those things. Plus, they didn't completely own the rights and characters so it wasn't as economically profitable for Disney. I didn't really realize this was the reason at the time, I had thought Disney executives just didn't like Narnia, but having ten years to think about it expands my mind a bit. I don't think Disney's involvement would have made any difference to VODT as far as the final product is concerned.

I'm not sure. I very much enjoyed VODT and still do. When I first saw Dawn Treader in the theaters, I was highly disappointed. I only rewatched it once that year and never saw it again until today. I actually found myself crying at a couple key points.

Could they sell that on DVD? I want that DVD so badly! Some of us are willing to pay for physical media but are unwilling to pay for streaming. So I would rather own my favorite movies and programs on DVD or blu-ray. The streaming services will sometimes have what I want but not always.

If you like the Narnia films and the old BBC productions I would recommend buying them on the physical media. Therefore unless you want to have to constantly upgrade your physical media with every new generation of media, streaming services represent your best bet to stay current.

One advantage of a smaller screen is that the old TV shows and movies look great on it and the flaws are not so noticeable. So at this point I would love for the rights to go back to Disney. Disney might be willing to take it back under its wing. The thing that frustrates me about Disneys abandonment of the franchise is that they should have expected less revenue from future films. Narnia: 70th Anniversary Video. Narnia Movie News. What happened to Narnia 4? Timmy-of-Oz says:.

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