The Chronicles of Narnia is one of those franchises that was always on the brink of becoming a huge hit but never quite took off like other franchises at the time. The first movie in the series was a big success, but the two sequels didn’t manage to get close to the response the first film had. This all culminated in the 3rd movie being the final in the film series, even though there were more books to adapt and more stories to be told.
So I want to examine the last film in the series, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, to understand how it killed such a promising franchise, and where it all went wrong.
Music Attribution:
"Study And Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Eternity" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Smooth Lovin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"On Hold for You" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Morning Routine by Ghostrifter http://bit.ly/ghostrifter-yt
Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0
Free Download: https://hypeddit.com/track/24bkbw
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Instagram:
instagram.com/isenhart_productions
Letterboxd:
https://boxd.it/5NDWn
References:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/the-big-picture/story/2009-01-19/the-secret-history-of-why-disney-dumped-narnia
https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/09/19/next-narnia-delayed?amp=1
https://jimhillmedia.com/monday-mouse-watch-waiting-for-the-dawn/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-03-la-ct-narnia-20101203-story.html
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2005/
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2008/
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3981726213/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_3
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr22172165/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_10
https://web.archive.org/web/20071017031539/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/316/316765p1.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043856/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22237
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4625478.stm
https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043627/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22926
https://variety.com/2007/film/news/apted-to-direct-narnia-sequel-2-1117967228/amp/
https://movieweb.com/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-silver-chair-is-in-development-with-producer-mark-gordon/
https://web.archive.org/web/20131231071928/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicles_of_narnia_the_voyage_of_the_dawn_treader/news/1922353/weekly_ketchup_narnia_to_continue_with_the_magicans_nephew/
https://movieweb.com/chronicles-narnia-silver-chair-joe-johnston-last-film/
https://movieweb.com/chronicles-of-narnia-the-silver-chair-didnt-happen-why/#:~:text=Summary,the%20franchise%20as%20a%20whole.
https://collider.com/what-happened-chronicles-of-narnia-franchise/
https://gizmodo.com/what-happened-to-all-the-fantasy-movies-1656945501
https://www.cbr.com/franchise-killer-movies/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6IKtp9U-fU