ANDREW ADAMSON - ADAMSON CREDITS JACKSON FOR MAKING NARNIA POSSIBLE

ANDREW ADAMSON credits director PETER JACKSON's success with THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy for convincing Hollywood big budget fantasy adventures are what cinema audiences want to see.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE film-maker is convinced he would not have received the money to fund his adaptation of CS LEWIS' book without fellow New Zealander Jackson's trailblazing.

He says, "(Jackson) made this possible by showing you can do a faithful adaptation of an English classical fantasy and that the audience are ready for that."