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They're getting ready to work on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix !
More: Welcome back, Potter...and Narnia, too.
The studios behind both the Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia series announced Thursday that the respective franchises' fifth and second installments are ready to roll cameras.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth adaptation of J.K. Rowling's beloved boy wizard adventures, is set to start filming in England next week, according to Warner Bros.
In this go-round, Potter returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to find the school turning a blind eye to his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. He decides to take matters into his own hands and begins to form an army of students, whom he trains to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.
Daniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint and Emma Watson again reprise their roles as Harry, Ron and Hermione, while British director David Yates is on board to helm the adventure.
New to the cast is Vera Drake's Imelda Staunton, who stars as Ministry of Magic toadie Dolores Umbridge, The Interpreter's George Harris as the auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, Casanova's Helen McCrory as Voldemort lackey Bellatrix Lestrange and 14-year-old Irish newcomer Evanna Lynch, who beat out 15,000 hopefuls for the role Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw student who becomes an ally of Potter's.
The fourth installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has grossed nearly $879.6 million worldwide, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. All of the previous Potter films have grossed upward of the $800 million mark, with the first adaptation, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, racking up a franchise-high $976.5 million to date.
And there's more where that came from.
Rowling released the sixth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, last July, while the seventh and final installment is expected by the end of the year.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is slated for a 2007 release, but there is no word whether it will be a summer or holiday movie.
Seven is also the magic number for C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series, though the sequence of the books is widely debated among fans. The first big-screen adaptation, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, though the first of the Narnia books to be published, is chronologically the second book in the fantasy series.
It's just-announced sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, is often cited either the fourth or fifth book chronologically, though it was the second installment to be printed.
In any case, Disney and Walden Media have again hired Andrew Adamson to produce, direct and write the movie along with original scribes Christopher Markus and Steve McFeeley. The entire principal cast is also set to return.
"Making The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe couldn't have been a more rewarding experience, not just in terms of creative achievement and audience response, but also because of the family we formed during production," said Adamson in a press release.
"Prince Caspian not only gives me an opportunity to challenge my imagination with another classic story, it also allows me to work alongside the many talented artists who contributed to the first film, and of course to collaborate again with [the children]."
Much like Warner Bros. and Harry Potter, the Narnia brain trust is hoping to ramp up production on the sequels before the young lead stars--William Moseley (Peter), Anna Popplewell (Susan), Skandar Keynes (Edmund) and Georgie Henley (Lucy)--outgrow their characters.
In Prince Caspian, the four Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where 1,000 years have passed since they last left. The children are enlisted to once again help ward off a villain, this time an evil king, and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, released just before Christmas, has already grossed $634.4 million worldwide, per BoxOfficeMojo.com, and shows little signs of slacking. The film has yet to fall out of the top 10 at the North American box office. Earlier this week, the film nabbed three Academy Award nominations, for makeup, sound mixing and visual effects.
Prince Caspian is set for a Christmas 2007 release.
DV
They're getting ready to work on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix !
More: Welcome back, Potter...and Narnia, too.
The studios behind both the Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia series announced Thursday that the respective franchises' fifth and second installments are ready to roll cameras.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth adaptation of J.K. Rowling's beloved boy wizard adventures, is set to start filming in England next week, according to Warner Bros.
In this go-round, Potter returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to find the school turning a blind eye to his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. He decides to take matters into his own hands and begins to form an army of students, whom he trains to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.
Daniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint and Emma Watson again reprise their roles as Harry, Ron and Hermione, while British director David Yates is on board to helm the adventure.
New to the cast is Vera Drake's Imelda Staunton, who stars as Ministry of Magic toadie Dolores Umbridge, The Interpreter's George Harris as the auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, Casanova's Helen McCrory as Voldemort lackey Bellatrix Lestrange and 14-year-old Irish newcomer Evanna Lynch, who beat out 15,000 hopefuls for the role Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw student who becomes an ally of Potter's.
The fourth installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has grossed nearly $879.6 million worldwide, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. All of the previous Potter films have grossed upward of the $800 million mark, with the first adaptation, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, racking up a franchise-high $976.5 million to date.
And there's more where that came from.
Rowling released the sixth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, last July, while the seventh and final installment is expected by the end of the year.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is slated for a 2007 release, but there is no word whether it will be a summer or holiday movie.
Seven is also the magic number for C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series, though the sequence of the books is widely debated among fans. The first big-screen adaptation, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, though the first of the Narnia books to be published, is chronologically the second book in the fantasy series.
It's just-announced sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, is often cited either the fourth or fifth book chronologically, though it was the second installment to be printed.
In any case, Disney and Walden Media have again hired Andrew Adamson to produce, direct and write the movie along with original scribes Christopher Markus and Steve McFeeley. The entire principal cast is also set to return.
"Making The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe couldn't have been a more rewarding experience, not just in terms of creative achievement and audience response, but also because of the family we formed during production," said Adamson in a press release.
"Prince Caspian not only gives me an opportunity to challenge my imagination with another classic story, it also allows me to work alongside the many talented artists who contributed to the first film, and of course to collaborate again with [the children]."
Much like Warner Bros. and Harry Potter, the Narnia brain trust is hoping to ramp up production on the sequels before the young lead stars--William Moseley (Peter), Anna Popplewell (Susan), Skandar Keynes (Edmund) and Georgie Henley (Lucy)--outgrow their characters.
In Prince Caspian, the four Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where 1,000 years have passed since they last left. The children are enlisted to once again help ward off a villain, this time an evil king, and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, released just before Christmas, has already grossed $634.4 million worldwide, per BoxOfficeMojo.com, and shows little signs of slacking. The film has yet to fall out of the top 10 at the North American box office. Earlier this week, the film nabbed three Academy Award nominations, for makeup, sound mixing and visual effects.
Prince Caspian is set for a Christmas 2007 release.
DV
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