Chronicles of Narnia to become a live-action movie

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From Entertainment Weekly on the film \’\’The Chronicles of Narnia,\’\’ from C.S. Lewis\’
seven-part series of novels about four British children who find
a portal in the back of a wardrobe to a fairy-tale world facing an epic
good-vs.-evil struggle. This is being
backed by billionaire and committed Christian Philip Anschutz, owner
of several of the U.S.\’ most prominent theater chains. The first film,
\’\’The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,\’\’ should be out in 2004.