The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe make a faithful adaptation of the novel set in Britain. ""Harry Potter" came along, and all those cultural or geographical lines were broken," Mark Johnson explained. "When "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" was being developed at Paramount, the imperative was to set it in the U.S., and it just doesn't hold. [...] It's not the book." Guillermo del Toro turned down the offer to direct due to his commitment on "Pan's Labyrinth". Following an Academy Award win for "Shrek", director Andrew Adamson began adapting the source material with a 20-page treatment based on his memories of the book.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader series, in actuality this is referring to the fact that the film is a new franchise, and has a new cast and creative team not associated with those who worked on the previous three films. In April 2017, Joe Johnston was confirmed as the planned director for "The Silver Chair". The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 American fantasy adventure film based on "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", the third novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (and