Why did Narnia franchise fail?

Happy Easter everyone. I’m here to bring up a Christian inspired fantasy film series and discuss why it failed.

Probably because of the “ fantasy” trend of the 2000s, and to replicate Harry Potter and LOTRs success Disney bought the rights to all of CS Lewis’ Narnia series.

And sure enough, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was a box office success, if not a smash. The Nostalgia critic very wittily compared it to “ Mary Poppins” meets “ the Two Towers.”

Disney also made “ Prince Caspian” and “ Voyage of the Dawn Treader” both of which had “ meh” success and no new series were adapted.

Part of the problem is, most of the books are kind of dull and not “ action packed.” TLTWATW is far and away the most Famous of the stories, because it’s the best written and most memorable.

They aren’t very adaptable to the big screen and are sort of like quiet theology lessons wrapped in an very tame fantasy setting.

Unlike LOTR, Narnia had pretty ham fisted Christian allegory. Nothing necessarily box office killing about it, but audiences don’t like being hit over the head.

LOTR is filled with Catholic symbolism, but it’s hidden, woven enough so it isn’t obvious to people who don’t come from that traction and doesn’t get in the way of the main story.

Apart from TLTWATW, Narnia books can be a bit dull and unmemorable. Maybe Disney’s CEO glanced at the remaining books and thought “ better quit while I’m ahead.”

Thoughts?

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