The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian film. The tone of the film's marketing focused on the film's action, and unlike "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" Disney and Walden did not screen the film for pastors or give Bible-based study guides in North America. "Prince Caspian" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the UK on 17 November 2008, and on 2 December 2008 in North America. It was the top selling DVD of its release week in the U.S. taking in $54.7 million. The film was released in Australia on 27 November 2008. There were one-disc and three-disc DVD editions (two-disc only in
Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia mourned, and then discovered to be absent from the place where his body had been laid. Other authors have likened the character of Edmund to the Judas of the four Gospels. Stanley Mattson, president of the Redlands, Calif.-based C.S. Lewis Foundation, states that the “Deeper Magic” referred to in the book “is all about redemption, it's all about reconciliation, it's all about healing, and it's all about . . . death being swallowed up in victory." Lewis has also received criticism from some Christians and Christian organizations who feel that "The Chronicles of Narnia" promotes "soft-sell paganism and occultism", because