The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the title "Tales of Narnia," while the Focus on the Family version uses the more familiar "Chronicles" moniker. The Focus on the Family version is also longer, with a full orchestra score, narration, a larger cast of actors, and introductions by Douglas Gresham, C. S. Lewis' stepson. In 2005, the story was adapted for a , co-produced by Walt Disney and Walden Media. It has so far been followed by two more films: "" and "". The latter was co-produced by Twentieth-Century Fox and Walden Media. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe young Lewis much about thinking and communicating clearly, skills that would be invaluable to him later. Narnia is caught in endless winter that has lasted a century when the children first enter. Norse tradition mythologizes a "great winter", known as the Fimbulwinter, said to precede Ragnarök. The trapping of Edmund by the White Witch is reminiscent of the seduction and imprisonment of Kay by The Snow Queen in Hans Christian Andersen's novella of that name. The dwarves and giants are found in Norse mythology; fauns, centaurs, minotaurs and dryads derive from Greek mythology. Father Christmas, of course, was part of