Adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia he had seen – starring Amanda Muggleton, Dennis Olsen, Meaghan Davies and Yolande Brown). Theatrical productions of "The Chronicles of Narnia" have become popular with professional, community and youth theatres in recent years. A musical version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" written specifically for performance by youth is available through Josef Weinberger. In 2015, a musical comedy adaptation by "Centro de Música y Comedia Musical CEEC" (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) named "Narnia: Vuelve a vivir". The production was made by Gabriel Bedrossian as music and lyrics composer, Silvia Mignaqui as theatre director and Jimena Valiño as
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