The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at more than one stage in its eventual development appeared destined to remain in stasis. But now the international trailer has arrived here courtesy of Coming Soon.
After the critical and commercial disappointment of the second chapter: Prince Caspian, Walt Disney slept on the project for a long period before passing its option to co-finance the third instalment.
The reason: budget. A Narnia film commands a high cost production tag and Walden Media assessed that a budget of $140 million and not Disney's preferred $100 million was required. Consequently, the companies went their separate ways having failed to reach a compromise, with Walden and FOX signing an agreement some weeks later.
All the principle cast return for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the fifth book of the C.S. Lewis epic series. The film, will see Lucy and Edmund Pevensie transported back to Narnia, with their brat-of-a-cousin Eustace unsuspectingly along for the ride too. Reacquainting with the now King Caspian and reepicheep aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader, they become embroiled in a quest with the rest of the crew across the Eastern Seas in search for the Seven Lost Lords of Narnia.
Initial reactions to the trailer are positive. Director Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough) appears to hit the right tone and visuals for a family orientated fantasy adventure with a necessary hint of edge/darkness to heighten it's urgency.
But as past experience shows with effects driven fantasy, The Golden Compass I'm looking at you, trailers have a nasty ability to showcase a film, before letting you down when you have to watch the rest of the film that goes around them.
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