Chronicles of Narnia: Silver Chair Will Be Joe Johnston’s Last Film

Joe Johnston plans on shootingThe Chronicles of Narnia : The Silver Chairin winter 2018 before retiring from filmmaking all . TheChronicles of Narniafilm series , free-base on the novel of the same name by C.S. Lewis , burst onto the scene withThe Lion , the Witch , and the Wardrobein 2005 . The celluloid chop-chop became an dumfounding smasher for Walt Disney Studios , grossing over $ 745 million at the worldwide box power against an estimated production budget of $ 150 million .

A sequel subtitledPrince Caspianreleased three yr after but was n’t nearly as successful , grossing just under $ 420 million globally against an estimated production budget of $ 225 million , which is why Disney determine to put the franchise on hold . Twentieth Century Fox come on board a few years later and distributed the third installment , The Voyage of the Dawn Treader . However , rights issues prorogue the serial publication until the C.S. Lewis Company follow to an understanding with the Mark Gordon Company , along with TriStar Pictures and Entertainment One , to make and spread the upcoming fourth chapter , The Silver Chair .

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Johnston toldARTSat Comic - Con Paris 2017 thatThe Silver Chairis schedule to enter production in winter 2018 , which intend the picture show may not release until late 2019 at the early . Johnston said : " It will take a couple age to make the flick , but we wo n’t be able to part fool away until next winter . We ’ll be in New Zealand , in the south island , which will be summer down there . Then post and the optical gist and everything will take another yr . So , it ’ll be 2019 . "

In gain to provide a filming update onThe Silver Chair , Johnston also confirm to ARTS that theNarniamovie will be his last project before go to bed . Johnston said : " I ’m just ready to go do something else now . " While the filmmaker did n’t say what he design on doing during his downtime , he did say that he has a few dog he want to take care of and spend more time with .

For those that do n’t know , Johnston start his vocation as an effects artist and art director for Lucasfilm , working on George Lucas ' originalStar Warstrilogy as well as Steven Spielberg’sRaiders of the Lost ArkandIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . His directorial introduction , Honey , I Shrunk the Kids , did n’t release until 1989 . And ever since , he ’s directed beloved films such asThe RocketeerandJumanji , as well asCaptain America : The First Avengerfor Marvel Studios . The Chronicles of Narnia : The Silver Chairmay be his last film , but his vocation has left a endure impression on the filmmaking industry that will remain for year to fall .