The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lewis had written fourteen years earlier in his alliterative poem "The Planets": This resonance is a central component of the case, promoted chiefly by Oxford University scholar Michael Ward, for the seven "Chronicles" having been modelled upon the seven classical astrological planets, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" upon Jupiter. On 10 March 1949 Roger Lancelyn Green dined with Lewis at Magdalen College. After the meal Lewis read two chapters from his new children's story to Green. Lewis asked Green's opinion of the tale and Green said that he thought it was good. The manuscript of "The Lion, the
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1990s, producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy were planning a film version. They could not find a space in Britain to shoot the film during 1996, and their plans to set the film in modern times made Douglas Gresham oppose the film, in addition to his feeling that technology had yet to catch up. Perry Moore began negotiations with the C. S. Lewis Estate in 2000. On December 7, 2001, Walden Media announced that they had acquired the rights to "The Chronicles of Narnia". The success of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" prompted the producers to feel they could