Back in October, it was announced that C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series is to continue on the big screen with producer Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) securing the rights to adapt The Silver Chair, and now it’s been revealed that Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Magee (Finding Neverland, Life of Pi) has signed on to pen the script for the fantasy sequel.
“I have always loved The Chronicles of Narnia and I endlessly imagined myself finding my own passage into Narnia someday,” said Magee as part of the official announcement. “All these years later, I’m getting to fulfill that wish just a little bit by writing the film adaptation of The Silver Chair and could not be more excited about it.”
The first three Narnia movies – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – have grossed a combined $1.6 billion at the global box office, with the last instalment coming in 2011.
