According to Fortune, this was the first time that rights to the entire Narnia catalogue had been held by a single company. Lewis Company announced that Netflix had acquired the rights to new film and television series adaptations of the Narnia books.
The three serials were later released as three feature-length films and released on VHS and DVD. All three were shown on the PBS show WonderWorks and they were nominated for a total of 14 awards, including an Emmy in the category of "Outstanding Children's Program". and British versions.įrom 1988–1990, parts of The Chronicles of Narnia were turned into three successful BBC television serials, The Chronicles of Narnia, based on the first four of the seven books. For its release on British television, many of the characters' voices were re-recorded by British actors and actresses (including Leo McKern, Arthur Lowe and Sheila Hancock), but Stephen Thorne was the voice of "Aslan" in both the U.S. It was the first feature-length animated film ever made for television. It won the Emmy award for Outstanding Animated Program that year. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was adapted for television again in 1979, this time as an animated special co-produced by Bill Melendez (known for A Charlie Brown Christmas and other Peanuts specials) and the Children's Television Workshop (known for programs such as Sesame Street and The Electric Company). The screenplay was written by Trevor Preston and unlike subsequent adaptations, it is currently unavailable to purchase for home viewing. The ten episodes, each thirty minutes long, were directed by Helen Standage. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was first adapted for television in 1967.
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