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Joe Johnston Gonna Wait Till Tomorrow To Direct The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Published Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:15:30 -0500

Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston has signed on to direct The Silver Chair, the soft reboot of the Chronicles of Narnia film franchise by an entirely new creative team not involved with the production of the first three films. The previous entry in the franchise, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, came out in 2008, earning just $104 million at the box office, down $40 million from the box office take of the second film in the series, Prince Caspian, and almost $190 million from the first entry, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. It could be said that the Chronicles of Narnia franchise was a one hit wonder at the box office, which is why it's fitting that the movie will be named after the 1990s teen grunge band Silverchair, who had a number one hit in 1994 with the track Tomorrow, and then were never seen or heard from again.

That's right. Take that, Silverchair fans.

Life of Pi writer David McGee adapted the book to a screenplay, and TriStar pictures will be producing the movie, taking over from Fox, who took over from Disney. The Chronicles of Narnia franchise is like the bad debt that was sold from bank to bank before the 2008 financial crisis, and is likely to cause one of the biggest stock market crashes of all time if Hollywood is allowed to adapt all seven books in the series.

"Joe is a wonderful storyteller who is equally at home in the biggest franchises and the most intimate character pieces," said producer Mark Gordon of Bleeding Cool Rumormonger-in-Chief Rich Johnston's third cousin twice removed. "Because C.S. Lewis' story is iconic and epic, but also tender, personal, and emotional, he's the perfect choice to bring 'The Silver Chair' to the screen."

The movie doesn't have a cast yet, and when asked about a release date, Gordon reportedly said, "You gonna wait too, fat boy-ah, fat boy-ah, wait till tomorrooo-ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooow." So we'll have to keep you updated on that.

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