ANNA POPPLEWELL - ADAMSON STARTS FILMING PRINCE CASPIAN

LATEST: Director ADAM ADAMSON has secured the four young stars of THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE to start filming sequel PRINCE CASPIAN later this year (06).

WILLIAM MOSELEY, 18; ANNA POPPLEWELL, 17; SKANDAR KEYNES, 14; and GEORGIE HENLEY, 10, will return to New Zealand to shoot the next film installment of the CS LEWIS series.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe has taken $637.8 million (GBP354 million) worldwide since opening in November (05) and picked up three Oscar nominations earlier this week (31JAN06).

Adamson enthuses, "Prince Caspian not only gives me an opportunity to challenge my imagination with another classic story, it also allows me to work alongside the many talented artists who contributed to the first film, and of course to collaborate again with The PEVENSIES, Georgie, Skandar, Anna, and William."

Prince Caspian is set for release at the end of 2007.