Permit me to freak out...... AAH!

Yesterday I was very upset by some news......

Walden Media Pulls Out of Narnia

Bear with me as I tell my tale.

I first saw it on Facebook on friends' news feeds...

the future of Narnia is in the balance.

WALDEN MEDIA JUST PULLED OUT OF THE NARNIA FRANCHISE. MY LIFE IS OVER

So Walden Media just pulled out of the Narnia franchise. For those of you that don't understand what this means, it's like if Warner Brothers dropped out of the Harry Potter movies. Yes, it's kind of a big deal.

After I told my friend that Walden dropped out of the Narnia franchise, he sent an e-mail to Walden Media. "Hello, Would you sell me the Narnia franchise? ...Thanks!"

my first thought:

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!

I checked with my co-workers at Aslan's Country. They were all freaking out like me. By the time I found out about it yesterday, the news was pretty old, and there was an update that the report wasn't true. It was still very unsure, with nothing settled.

I was freaking out anyway. I hate reading comments on NarniaWeb because half of the people say such horrible things that I totally don't agree with, and I'd love to just give them a talking to! For example, the first comment on the NarniaWeb story is,

Not a surprise really. Great efforts, Walden Media! But I agree it is just not meant to be right now.

AAAAAAAA! What are you thinking? Narnia has a huge fanbase, and the last movie made over 400 million! You can't stop now! You have to make the whole series!

My hope that I always held on to when talking about the future of the Narnia franchise, was that Walden Media wants to make all seven. Perry Moore was quoted as wanting to produce all seven. But then he died. I thought they would make at least one more, in honor of him! And I still held on to my opinion that Walden wanted to produce the whole series! My belief has never wavered.

Until now. Now it is shattered.

People are not surprised at all that Walden would drop Narnia. Even the slight possibility of that makes me upset!

I am content that the rumor has been contradicted by the officials at Walden Media. Our admin contacted Walden and got an official statement, which you can see in our story. This makes me happy. But why did they have to go and scare us like that? NarniaWeb didn't cite their source, and it's not April Fools Day. Who came up with this rumor? We may never know. Maybe it does have grounds. I'm not sure. I'm just glad that it has been refuted for now.

I like the story below because we're the good guys. :) No offense to NarniaWeb, I'm just proud of Aslan's Country.

http://live.hollywoodjesus.com/?p=8101
Walden Out Of Narnia? ...Not So Fast

Narnia News Blog Update

Mark Sommer | 06/22/11 | News, Blogs, Narnia News

Early this morning, NarniaWeb.com reported that a source “close to the production” told them that Walden Media has pulled out of the Narnia franchise. As of this writing, they had been unable to confirm this.

However, AslansCountry.com was able to reach a Walden Media representative, who confirmed “Walden has not pulled out of the franchise. Walden and Fox and the Lewis Estate are continuing in their discussions about the next Narnia film.”

In conclusion, I am extremely glad the danger has passed, at least for now. We have still not heard the "yes" or "no" on the next film, but I hope there will be another one. Right now they're still at the stage they have been for months: negotiating about doing another film. I had a lot of emotions running through me when I heard the news, and I had to write a blog post! Thanks for reading!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow!

It’s the evening of April 7th, 2011.

Tomorrow is the day we’ve been waiting for.

No day has been anticipated this much since December 10th!

Any Narniac could tell you what happens tomorrow.

Or hopefully anyone who has seen trailers and ads on tv or online.

Tomorrow the stores will be blessed with the arrival of…

THE BEAUTIFUL DAWN TREADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been getting very excited about the release of this film lately.

Probably because of all of the cool promotional websites Fox has launched.

See them here and here and here.

Makes me giddy.

Which is exactly what they wanted to happen.

Or maybe I’m just excited because it’s Narnia.

Either way.

Anyway, today I saw a picture in a news story that thrilled me.

  

It was a giant Dawn Treader model with shelves!

Made out of cardboard.

We ignore that detail.

The shelves held copies and copies of the VDT DVDs and Blu-rays!

They also held soda.

It comes free with the movie.

Tomorrow I plan to march into one of those stores.

I’ll scream a bit if I see one of those displays.

Then I’ll take a picture of it.

Or several.

Matters how many I can handle before people start staring.

Then I’ll have my mom take a picture of me beside it.

Then I will carefully choose my copy of the film.

I can’t wait to see them with my own eyes.

The pictures online of the DVDs all look so different.

I’ve been curious what mine will actually look like.

Oh.

Then I will buy the DVD with money I have saved from Christmas.

Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!

Then.

I will own the Dawn Treader Special Edition 2 Disc DVD!!!

Later I’m planning on asking the manager something.

Can I keep the display?

When you’re done with its presence gracing your store, of course.

Maybe he’ll say yes.

Then I’ll have to figure out where to put it.

We ignore that detail.

Plans are being made all around the country to watch VDT tomorrow.

I know I will. I’ll probably watch it a lot in the coming months.

Be ye warned.

Anyway, you’re invited to come over to my house and watch it with me!!

Or, as one of my enlightened Narnia friends remarked,

“LET’S JUST GO TO NARNIA AND WATCH IT THERE!!!! :D :D :D :D”

I hope you enjoyed this post.

In my opinion it’s rather random.

And it makes it look like I’m more excited than I really am.

Which is not true.

I’m super-de-duper excited.

Signing off!

You May be Addicted to Narnia If...

Hello! This is a post to read if you need a bit of laughter in your day.

I found this page on The Lion's Call, and I had to read the whole thing! It's called, "You May be Addicted to Narnia If..." I laughed pretty often, as many of them reminded me of myself! A lot of them are inside Narnia jokes. :)


Here's a few I liked....

Whenever you run or walk north you think or say "Narnia and the North!"

You want to make a movie called "How The Witch Stole Christmas."

You tell Dufflepud jokes instead of blonde jokes.

You say "Further up and further in" instead of saying goodbye.

You are in a car and suddenly shout, "LAMP-POST!!!!!!"

Your passwords and usernames are Narnia-related.

Your idea of a good story is one that reminds you of Narnia.

You regularly sneak up on your horses just in case you catch them in the act of talking...

You think it's amazing that the same sun you see every day is the same one in the movies.

You get offended when someone says something against anything to do with Narnia.

You check "OTHER:" and fill in "Son of Adam/Daughter of Eve" for your race on forms.

You nickname your cat "DLF."

You were doing your Awana handbook when it asked whose poster is in your room and you said "Aslan's" and then later it asked "Do you need to replace your role model with someone more like Christ?" and you couldn't stop laughing.

You do something that your Mom says she'll pay you for, and you just say, "Buy me a ticket to VDT".


To see the whole list click here.

If you have a good answer to "You May be Addicted to Narnia If..." please comment below and add it. :)