The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005 film)

Disney and Walden Media's first Narnia film.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, who wrote it with Ann Peacock, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on C. S. Lewis's 1950 novel. It was the first film in the series, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media.

Quick Facts

Director: Andrew Adamson
Released: December 2005
Worldwide gross: $745 million
Aslan: Liam Neeson (voice)

Lore & Background

William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley play Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, children evacuated from the Blitz who step through a wardrobe into Narnia. There they side with the lion Aslan, voiced by Liam Neeson, against Jadis, the White Witch (Tilda Swinton).