The cast and crew of The Chronicles of Narnia are back in New Zealand this week to begin filming the second instalment, Prince Caspian, next week.
Kiwi director Andrew Adamson and producer Mark Johnson sat down with local media this morning to discuss the film, the cast and why they chose to film in New Zealand.
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Walden Media has aquired the rights to film The Screwtape letters. The film will be produced through Walden’s Bristoy Bay Productions. Bristol has produced “Ray” and “Sahara”. Ralph Winters Productions “The Fantastic Four” and “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” will directly produce the film. The picture is being described as a midbudget, primarily live-action film embodying Christian Themes.
Source: Variety
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” — God in the Dock
“The great difficulty is to get modern audiences to realize that you are preaching Christianity soley and simply because you happen to think it true; they always suppose you are preaching it because you like it or think it good for society or something of that sort. Now a clearly maintanied distinction between what the Faith actually says and what you would like it to have said or what you understand or what you personally find helpful or think probable, forces your audience to realize that you are tied to your data just as the scientist is tied by the results of the experiments; that you are not just saying what you like. This immediately helps them realize that what is being discussed is a question about objective fact — not gas about ideals and points of view.” — Mere Chrisitianity
Question: Do you feel, then, that modern culture is being de-Christianized?
Lewis: “I cannot speak to the political aspects of the question, but I have some definite views about the de-Christianizing of the church. I believe that there are many accommodating preachers, and too many practitioners in the church who are not believers. Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’ The Gospel is something completely different. In fact, it is directly opposed to the world.” — Interview with Sherwood Eliot Wirt on CBN
