Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Plot
Prince Caspian
One year has passed in our world since the first adventure ended, but in Narnia almost 1,300 years have passed. The villainous King Miraz prevents the rightful king, his young nephew Prince Caspian, from ruling the land of Narnia. Caspian uses Susan's magic horn that was left in Narnia to summon the four Pevensies to help him and a small army of Old Narnians reclaim his rightful throne.
Cast
Pevensies
William Moseley as Peter Pevensie. In a departure from the novel, Peter has a rivalry with Caspian. Moseley explained, "Peter's got his own issues to deal with, and Caspian's got his own issues to deal with, and when neither is willing to compromise there's bound to be friction. That's really what happens. And it's a lot about humility. I think they both have to learn a certain humility, and that's really what a great King needs is to be humble, to listen to his people, to be willing to compromise, and they start off as these sort of angry teenagers, and become kings at the end." In real life, the two actors got on well together. Moseley also stated that he identified with Peter, having gone back to school between shooting both films.
Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie.
Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie.
Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie.
Telmarines
Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian. While many readers interpret Caspian as a child, a passage in the novel
Pierfrancesco Favino as Lord Glozelle, the general of Miraz's army.
Alicia Borrachero as Queen Prunaprismia.
Vincent Grass as Doctor Cornelius: Caspian's mentor.
Damián Alcázar' as Lord Sopespian.
Simon Andreu as Lord Scythley.
Predrag Bjelac as Lord Donnon.
Narnians
Liam Neeson as the voice of Aslan.
Peter Dinklage as Trumpkin, a red dwarf.
Warwick Davis as Nikabrik, a black dwarf. He is descendant of Ginarrbrik, who served the White Witch, and bears one of his rings, which was passed down from each generation.
Ken Stott as the voice of Trufflehunter the badger.
Cornell John as Glenstorm the Centaur.
Gomez Mussenden as Lightning Bolt, a child Centaur.
Shane Rangi played numerous roles on set, including Asterius, an elderly minotaur who aids Caspian. He had played General Otmin in the previous film. He also stood in for Aslan, The Bulgy Bear, The Werewolf, another Minotaur, and the Wild Bear on set. It is unknown if any of his voices will be in the film.
Eddie Izzard was confirmed to be voicing Reepicheep, in an interview with producer Mark Johnson during a screening of the trailer and five minutes of footage.
Douglas Gresham will have a cameo.
Filming
The Pevensies' return to Narnia was shot at Cathedral Cove because of an arch which mirrors the train tunnel the children are transported fromThe film was primarily shot in Eastern Europe, in contrast to the previous film, as New Zealand lacked enough soundstages to accommodate the larger scale of the film. This allowed the ability to shoot during summer in both locations. Ireland, China and Argentina were scouted as filming locations. Filming began on February 12, 2007 in Auckland. The scene where the Pevensies return to the ruined Cair Paravel was shot at Cathedral Cove. The filmmakers chose the location because it had a tunnel-like arch, which echoed the train tunnel the children go into before being summoned back into Narnia.
Effects
Prince Caspian has over 1500 special effects shots, more than The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe's 800 effects shots, yet the film has less time to complete them. The scale of special effects led Andrew Adamson to decide to base production in England, to take advantage of new tax breaks. British visual effects companies the Moving Picture Company and Framestore CFC were hired, to create the visual effects alongside Weta Digital. One of the improvements made over the previous film was to make the centaurs walk during dialogue scenes, so Cornell John as Glenstorm wore Power Risers (mechanical stilts with springs), to mimic a horse's canter and height. Alex Funke, who worked on The Lord of the Rings, will be directing the film's miniatures unit. These include 1/24th and 1/100th scale miniatures of Miraz's castle.
Music
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams is returning to score the film. He has said the score will be darker than the previous film, and that he will develop "one or two of the cues."
