# Casting the future Narnia movies

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**Created:** [April 24, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-future-narnia-movies/353996 "2006-04-24T15:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-future-narnia-movies/353996/1 "2006-04-24T15:40:56Z")

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With [Prince Caspian in pre-production for 2007](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499448/) and the Pevensie siblings (William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, and Georgia Henley) attached, let the talks begin!

My best guesses: Eustace, Jill, and Caspian will all go to unknowns–the winning formula that worked for _Lord of the Rings_ and the first _Narnia_ movie. Liam Neeson, as Aslan, will have a very steady, very large source of income for the next several years.

As for the rest, well…

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-future-narnia-movies/353996/2 "2006-04-24T18:15:08Z")

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Most of the main characters of the Narnia books are children, and as such, almost have to go to unknowns. Most kids of the appropriate age haven’t had a chance to get known yet. Which pretty much leaves us with animals, and with the actor providing only the voice, not the physical form, there’s a lot of flexibility there.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-future-narnia-movies/353996/3 "2006-04-24T18:24:21Z")

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If we stick with the timeline of the books, age might get to be a problem, since Edmund & Lucy are only supposed to age a year, while Caspian is supposed to get three years older, (and I inferred, noticeably taller and buffer.)

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-future-narnia-movies/353996/4 "2006-04-24T18:25:59Z")

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My previous post was about the transition from ‘Prince Caspian’ to ‘Dawn Treader’ of course.