#Narnia 2 movie series

He is wounded by a crossbolt, Miraz escapes, and Peter calls for a retreat when the gate is sabotaged. The Narnians succeed in infiltrating the castle, but Caspian, learning that Miraz is responsible for his father's death, goes to confront his uncle. Lucy wants to wait for Aslan, but Peter decides they have waited long enough and suggests attacking Miraz's castle. Caspian and his troops encounter the Pevensies and Trumpkin, and they journey together to Aslan's How, a huge underground hall built over the Stone Table. Caspian convinces them to help him win his throne. Meanwhile, Nikabrik and Trufflehunter lead Caspian to the Dancing Lawn, where all the old Narnians have assembled. The Pevensies save a bound and gagged Trumpkin, who is about to be drowned, and they set off together. There, they discover their castle, Cair Paravel, was attacked and ruined in their absence. Just as the train pulls into the station, the station tears apart transporting them back to Narnia. One year has passed in their world after they left Narnia. In England, the four Pevensie children wait at the Strand tube station for their train which will take them to boarding school. Not knowing that they are trying to save him, Caspian blows the magical horn, trying to summon help. One of the dwarfs, Trumpkin, is captured by the soldiers after sacrificing himself to save Caspian, while the other dwarf, Nikabrik, and the badger, Trufflehunter, save Caspian. Chased by several Telmarine soldiers, Caspian falls off his horse and encounters two Narnian dwarfs and a talking badger in the woods. Knowing that his Uncle Miraz would kill him in order to be king, Caspian flees. Cornelius gives him Queen Susan's ancient magical horn and instructs him to use it if he is in dire need of help. In Narnia, almost 1,300 years after the Pevensie siblings left, Caspian, a Telmarine prince, is awoken by his mentor Doctor Cornelius, who informs him that his aunt has just given birth to a son and that his life is now in grave danger. The film became the 10th-highest-grossing film worldwide in 2008. By the end of its theatrical run, it had grossed over $419.7 million worldwide. It was a moderate success at the box office, grossing $55 million during its opening weekend. Many praised the performances and visual effects however, the film's darker tone and mature themes drew polarizing opinions.

The film received mostly positive reviews from film critics. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian premiered on May 7, 2008, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, before it was theatrically released on May 16 in the United States and on June 26 in the United Kingdom.

To keep costs down, Adamson chose to base post-production in the UK, because of recent tax credits there. Filming began in February 2007 in New Zealand, but unlike the previous film, the majority of shooting took place in Central Europe, because of the larger sets available in those countries. The filmmakers also took a Spanish influence for the antagonistic race of the Telmarines. The Narnians were designed to look wilder as they have been hiding from persecution, stressing the darker tone of the sequel. Work on the script began before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was released, so filming could begin before the actors grew too old for their parts.ĭirector Andrew Adamson wanted to make the film more spectacular than the first, and created an action sequence not in the novel. Prince Caspian, a British-American production, is the last Narnia film to be co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, as 20th Century Fox became the distributor for the next film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader due to budgetary disputes between Disney and Walden Media, but as a result of Disney eventually purchasing Fox on March 20, 2019, Disney now owns the rights to all three Narnia movies. In the film, the four Pevensie children return to Narnia to aid Prince Caspian in his struggle with the 'secret' help of Aslan for the throne against his corrupt uncle, King Miraz. William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson, and Tilda Swinton reprise their roles from the first film, while new cast includes Ben Barnes, Sergio Castellitto, Peter Dinklage, Eddie Izzard, Warwick Davis, Ken Stott, and Vincent Grass.

#Narnia 2 movie series

It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).

Lewis's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 high fantasy film co-written, produced and directed by Andrew Adamson, based on Prince Caspian (1951), the second published, fourth chronological novel in C.