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According to a report at Coming Soon, a fourth Narnia movie may finally be heading for the big screen, courtesy of The Mark Gordon Company, who will jointly develop and produce The Silver Chair with the C.S. Lewis Company.

Gordon stated, “Like many readers, both young and old, I am a huge fan of C.S. Lewis’s beautiful and allegorical world of Narnia. These fantasy stories inspire real-world passion among millions of devoted fans around the world. As we prepare to bring the next book to life, we are humbled and excited to contribute to the outstanding legacy of Narnia.”

Lewis’s stepson Douglas Gresham added: “I have a great deal of respect for Mark Gordon’s work and am confident that together we can bring the beauty and magical delight that Narnia engenders in the hearts of those who read the books to the screen in The Silver Chair. I am very much looking forward to diving once more into Narnia, this time with Mark Gordon and his team.”

Vincent Sieber of the C.S. Lewis Company noted: “We are very excited by this partnership and to be able to work on this movie from its earliest conception on such a collaborative basis. It gives us the opportunity to develop a script and then produce a film with some of the most talented industry professionals whilst remaining completely faithful to this much loved book.”

The Narnia movies have had mixed fortunes on the big screen. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe did well, but neither Prince Caspian norThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader did as well as expected. The Silver Chair was adapted for the BBC with Tom Baker as the Marshwiggle Puddleglum.