The Lion, the Professor, and the Movies

On December 12, 2005, Hollywood woke up to discover that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe film had experienced the second largest December opening in cinematic history. In a few short months, it went on to become the largest-grossing film in history in the international marketplace. Thus began the opening shot in a 10-year saga that may see all seven books in the Narnia series on the big screen. But where did these films come from? How were they made? How did these become some of the biggest films in history? Why did it take so long to bring them to the big screen? How were they marketed? What is the message of the films? How did Disney, a studio targeted for boycott by the Religious Right, become the distributor? Who was C. S. Lewis, and what did he believe? All of these questions and more will be answered in The Lion, the Professor, and the Movies: Narnia's Journey to the Big Screen.