The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will read an emotion into it." Andrew Adamson described the film as being darker, as it takes place "another 1300 years later, [and] Narnia has been oppressed by Telmarines for a large period of that time, so it's a dirtier, grittier, darker place than the last world was". He added, "This one is more of a boy's movie. It's a harsher world. The villains are human, and that lends a more realistic attitude." Creatures were designed by veteran horror and monster concept artist Jordu Schell and supervised by Howard Berger, who said that "Prince Caspian" would be more medieval than
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and broke the tension of the night raid. During pre-production, Disney announced a December 14, 2007 release date, but pushed it back to May 16, 2008, because Disney opted to not release it in competition with "", another Walden Media production. Disney also felt the "Harry Potter" films comfortably changed their release dates from (Northern Hemisphere) winters to summers, and "Narnia" could likewise do the same because the film was darker and more like an action film. The world premiere was held at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on May 7, 2008. The British premiere was held at