Something to file away under Surprising to Absolutely Nobody: After the enormous success of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Walden Media plans to make more than one sequel-though at the current rate, it may take a while to roll them out. Entertainment Weekly reports, via NarniaWeb, that Prince Caspian, the next film in the series has likely been pushed back a full year, to December 2008, primarily because of visual effects demands. After Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair will be next on the docket, with these two movies planned to form an "interlocking trilogy" with Caspian. The EW article says it's likely that all seven Narnia books will be made into movies. After The Silver Chair, the series is planned to continue with The Magician's Nephew, A Horse and His Boy, and, finally, The Last Battle. Meanwhile, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe recently surpassed The Matrix Reloaded to enter into the Top 20 highest-grossing movies of all time.

In other movie news:

Mormon film prompts "warning" from theater (Daily Herald)
Theater says it's a Mormon film, not a Christian film; protests ensue

Al Pacino joins Ocean's 13 (Chicago Tribune)
Veteran actor joins all-star cast for third film in series

Robert Duvall in Made-for-TV Western (USA Today)
4-hour Broken Trail to air June 25-26 on AMC

Biola conference announced; to laud Ralph Winter (official website)
Theme for conference: "Can Christians $ave Hollywood?"

J.J. Abrams to produce Star Trek 11 (Zap2it)
Lost and Alias mastermind may or may not direct film

Favreau set to direct Iron Man (Reuters)
Elf director signs on with Marvel Entertainment

Adrian Brody, Lindsay Lohan are Speechless (Cinema Confidential)
Romantic comedy to be helmed by director of Saved!

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