Captain America director to helm Narnia...
Los Angeles April 27 (IANS) Joe Johnston who directed Captain America: The First Avenger is on board to helm the revival of C.S. Lewis s Chronicles of Narnia series titled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair.
Life of Pi scribe David Magee will adapt the script based on Lewis s novels reports variety.com.
TriStar Pictures will co-produce the project with Mark Gordon Douglas Gresham Vincent Sieber and Melvin Adams.
Joe is a wonderful storyteller who is equally at home in the biggest franchises and the most intimate character pieces. C.S. Lewis s story is iconic and epic but also tender personal and emotional he s the perfect choice to bring The Silver Chair to the screen Gordon said.
The Narnia franchise includes The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The first two films were distributed by Disney while the third instalment was released by Fox.
Johnston is best known for directing 1995 s Jumanji starring Robin Williams and 2011 s Captain America: The First Avenger. His other directorial credits include Jurassic Park III The Wolfman October Sky and Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
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