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PRINCE CASPIAN one-sheet debut - behold Eddie Izzard awesome rodentry!!!

Hey folks, Harry here... It seems that PRINCE CASPIAN is steaming it's way towards us and everything I've seen on it points towards a more sinister, darker rendition of that war-torn land of Narnia. All those cute critters and they just arm themselves and hack at it. What's the purpose? I suppose if you gave the gift of gab to the critters of the forest, they'd all get to screaming at one another about feeding on their nephew or cousin... it'd be a furry Hatfield-McCoy scenario pretty quick. But man... you start giving every critter a working gripping thumb... and armor and metal. Damn... that'd get real nasty real quick. Well, this "Exclusive" One Sheet debut reveals a new heroic and intensely violent rodent given weaponry and a slashing tongue. That's right - right there is Reepicheep, officially debuting on this here one sheet. He's being voiced in the film by Eddie Izzard - and I've seen him in action at Butt-Numb-A-Thon 9 - he wasn't quite complete yet, but the action showed him being pretty darn violent with that blade of his. Click on the below poster for a more biggum version. Enjoy...







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  • January 30, 2008 1:48 PM CST

    F I R S T

    by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro

    u knows it

  • January 30, 2008 1:50 PM CST

    damn..so close.

    by dr sauch

    this shit looks good

  • January 30, 2008 1:50 PM CST

    REEPICHEEP

    by Gungan Slayer

    Fucking awesome man.

  • January 30, 2008 1:50 PM CST

    Whoever is pointing that sword at me is pretty

    by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro

    Just don't take off that armor and make me vomit in mass amount if I am so wrong.

  • January 30, 2008 1:52 PM CST

    Fuck Yeah, Reepicheep was the baddest of the whole chronicles

    by theycallmemrglass

    And it is he that should be taking centre stand in the poster! Alright, maybe not - but, man cant wait for this installment.

  • January 30, 2008 1:59 PM CST

    Caspian was always my least favorite book...

    by FlickaPoo

    ...not quite sure why. Voyage of the Dawn Treader probably my favorite. Reepicheep is indeed "fucking awesome man".

  • January 30, 2008 1:59 PM CST

    reep!

    by freydis

    man I hope they do him justice

  • January 30, 2008 2:02 PM CST

    Will Santa Claus be in this one??

    by jimmay

    I don't know how anyone took that part seriously.

  • January 30, 2008 2:02 PM CST

    Hope they get to Horse and His Boy...

    by FlickaPoo

    ..."the bolt of Tash falls from above!!"

  • January 30, 2008 2:03 PM CST

    Everything we know is about to change?

    by Merlox

    cliche...tired...and exactly WHAT is it we're supposed to think we know? What is this the fucking Matrix? While I am looking forward to this film I can't help but roll my eyes at the tag line.

  • January 30, 2008 2:03 PM CST

    Will Bacchus be in this one??

    by PROF IKAMONO

    Will he be "a chap who seems to be up for anything"?

  • January 30, 2008 2:05 PM CST

    Reepicheep Kicks Ass!!!!!!!!!!

    by DKT

    I'm really hoping this is a good movie. But "Everything You Know is About to Change Forever?" Talk about promising something you can't deliver.

  • January 30, 2008 2:05 PM CST

    Ah, Merlox beat me to it.

    by DKT

    Well done.

  • January 30, 2008 2:12 PM CST

    uh-oh looks like the bears are coming back baby!

    by Kloipy

  • January 30, 2008 2:18 PM CST

    Reep == Cyrano-level badassery. {g} As for tagline...

    by JasonPratt

    ...yes, it is in fact unutterably lame. (What was the original tagline for Fellowship of the Ring? Something not as overreaching but ultimately as forgettable....) I do know why they used it, though: Caspian grows up in a time hundreds of years in the future (Narnia timeline) when human immigrants have pushed out the magic and run the talking animals/dwarves/et.al underground (figuratively and literally). Caspian learns his family, despite some goodguys here and there, are actually the oppressors, and slowly learns there are still talking badgers and dwarves and kickass rodentry (Reep is one of many, descended from the mice who chewed off Aslan's ropes in the first story) and, uh, dryads and Maenads (wonder if _those_ are in the movie! The river god there is a goodguy, sort of, btw. Actually Lewis is ambivalent about these things being good or evil--in an essay he called them "neutrals knocking around"--but still thinks the world is a better place with them than without them. Like most of his fantasy work, it's a love letter to paganism in many regards. {s}) *** Anyway, the tagline ought to read "Everything he knows is about to change forever", I guess. But that wouldn't be engaging the viewer or whatever. As if the marketing people thought viewers were going to mistake this for DaVincCode 2 or something.

  • January 30, 2008 2:19 PM CST

    Total rip-off...

    by loafroaster

    ...of the LOTR one sheets, especially the Return of the King one. I mean come on; the same colour palette, same style character stances, same layout...no creativity involved at all.

  • January 30, 2008 2:20 PM CST

    Trailer

    by jedidad99

    Not sure how long this has been up or if its old old news, but the trailer is up at yahoo movies. Not great quality

  • January 30, 2008 2:23 PM CST

    {chuckle} New Rule: all movies should star Reepicheep

    by JasonPratt

    It just occurred to me that somewhere a marketing executive is receiving a memo from his hireling spies to this effect: "Early fan buzz on Ripacheek shows strong potential for spinoff series a la Wolverine." *** Nightmares of studio greedily milking Reepicheep to death may now commence. (Uh... on second thought, wait, bad analogy there... ack!)

  • January 30, 2008 2:24 PM CST

    THE CHRONIC (WHAT?) CULLS OF REEPICHEEP

    by Pound Sand

    Nice one-sheet, though.

  • January 30, 2008 2:24 PM CST

    Imaginationland

    by Musicballs

    That profile of Aslan reminds me of Imaginationland

  • January 30, 2008 2:36 PM CST

    It's a mouse with a sword.

    by Christopher3

    How cute.

  • January 30, 2008 2:39 PM CST

    Get a new director, dammit!

    by Kasch

    The Shrek guy made the first film little more than a pretty-but-hollow LOTR clone. Get some real talent on these movies...

  • January 30, 2008 2:51 PM CST

    PLEASE retire "Everything is about to change" taglines

    by Karl Hungus

    No...everything is not about to change. Not on tonight's episode of Lost. Not in this fantasy sequel. Not on the next OC. It's a stupid tagline that seemed ooooh-worthy the first 30 times E.R. used it but now it's worse than "In a world...one man must..."

  • January 30, 2008 2:56 PM CST

    I thought Karl Hungus was a fictional character!

    by Stereotypical Evil Archer

    Don't know why I posted that.

  • January 30, 2008 3:20 PM CST

    Rape-a-sheep!

    by Zardoz

    ah, that's all I got...

  • January 30, 2008 3:41 PM CST

    Reepicheep is the orignal bad ass rodent

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Food of the Gods, Willard, those things in Princess Bride, and those Redwall punks ain't got nothing on him. Think about it, the dude's a mini-Klingon. All he cares about his fighting and honor.

  • January 30, 2008 3:45 PM CST

    DAMN that Caspian's a big feller!

    by Yotz Von Frelnik

  • January 30, 2008 3:46 PM CST

    The coolest mouse ever

    by Quin the Eskimo 2

    Hell slash your achillies, he will!

  • January 30, 2008 3:48 PM CST

    Now it is.

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Sorry, but there was no way in hell I was going to let some piece on CBS importing Canadian writing to be ahead of a Narnia talkback.

  • January 30, 2008 3:50 PM CST

    Reepicheep kicks ass

    by Bagheera

    Ultimately, what made the books worth reading. That said, the Narnia franchise gets a big yawn from me. I might see it anyway.

  • January 30, 2008 3:51 PM CST

    Father Christmas' appearance is a powerful moment

    by zacdilone

    Anyone who can't see that has no soul.

  • January 30, 2008 3:51 PM CST

    Fuck you , Grammaton.

    by xavier masterson

    There, that should keep it in the top ten a little longer.

  • January 30, 2008 3:51 PM CST

    Well, we all appreciate your enthusiasm, Grammaton

    by Bagheera

    uh...

  • January 30, 2008 3:57 PM CST

    That guy with the sword pointing at me

    by TerryMalloy

    Does not look cool at all.

  • January 30, 2008 3:58 PM CST

    Uh...this has been out for, like six months.

    by darthferris

    Sersiously, guys. Weren't it cool?

  • January 30, 2008 4:01 PM CST

    I gotta flip through the books again, but

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    I'm pretty sure that Peter is older than Caspian. Though I don't believe his exact age isn't given one of the reasons he does not fight his uncle is because he would think it a silly challenge from a child. I want to say he's closer to Edmund's age or younger, but I could be wrong.

  • January 30, 2008 4:07 PM CST

    IT'S A LION, IT'S HUGE!

    by Gorgomel

    sorry couldn't help it!

  • January 30, 2008 4:10 PM CST

    Gram: actually, it's because Peter outranks Casp.

    by JasonPratt

    They're about the same age in the book otherwise. But the kids start to reacquire the skills they had learned during their previous years in Narnia, so the fact of the matter (as Peter proves when the question is in doubt, iirc) is that Peter also is a better swordsman than Casp. But the ranking is the first reason; Peter is still technically first among the High Kings (_all_ four children outrank Caspian (strictly speaking). Consequently, to settle a bout between armies it has to be Peter in the duel (the good-guys are badly outnumbered and trying to buy time while Aslan wakes up a bunch of things, iirc). *** To be honest, in the book I don't recall Caspian doing that much once the rebellion kicks off; he's more like a figurehead for the troops to rally around. He's a lot more proactive in the sequel, partly because he's older (and has been officially king for a while.)

  • January 30, 2008 4:14 PM CST

    Narnia - Churchgoers = ?

    by critch

    Will be interesting to see how this movie does without a bunch of Jesus Freaks backing it. No obvious Christian parallels in this one, and the trailer looked like Two Towers redux.

  • January 30, 2008 4:17 PM CST

    Sure, I kow he outranks him.

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    and you're right, it all goes back to him being the High King. It's just that from several of his actions in the book Caspian appears somewhat childish, more so than Peter, so I think he is younger. Ugh, now I really want to go and re-read. You're right though, there was not a whole lot done until the Pevenses (sp?) arrived, and they wouldn't have been called if they weren't needed in the first place.

  • January 30, 2008 4:27 PM CST

    Uh, yeah, looks kinda dull.

    by skywalkerfamily

    More of the same.

  • January 30, 2008 4:45 PM CST

    I'm sorry but why

    by chutneylix

    should we be interested in this? Wasn't the first one completely bland and impersonal (other than Lucy)? Its not like they changed the team much. The FX were alright but I never got into the movie enough to believe this was the Narnia world.

  • January 30, 2008 4:48 PM CST

    for those slow people.. the tag line means...

    by seekshelter

    that the world that was set up in the previous film that ended all happy ... is now gone since it does take place long after the events in the first film. the kids returning to narnia will have to adjust since the happy world that they had left has now been destroyed.... duh..

  • January 30, 2008 4:58 PM CST

    It's a lion!!! It's huge!

    by Roderich

    Muahaha!

  • January 30, 2008 5:00 PM CST

    oh

    by Roderich

    Gorgomel was faster (blush).

  • January 30, 2008 5:14 PM CST

    binks is a tool. stop being an idiot

    by ArcadianDS

    also, I likes me some Turkish Delight.

  • January 30, 2008 5:32 PM CST

    Christian parallels? Get a clue critch

    by AntoniusBloc

    Narnia is not allegory, as Lewis himself states, but it does have more obvious Christian themes and messages since Aslan IS God, taking the form of Aslan for the sake of the children. It definitely makes the case for the Christian philosophy and supports many of the apologetics written by Lewis. If you read deeper into the book, you'll find Caspian to be full of Christian themes, and makes a great case for the logical belief in the miraculous and against the skeptic. If the writer and director understood the deep message Lewis was trying to get across with Caspian, this will be a great film, with a stronger Christian message than the first film. Also, I still don't get many who didn't like the first film. It definitely could have been better, but still a great film in my opinion, hardly bland or boring.I recently watched the extended version, and it did improve it somewhat, especially the battle scene. I never saw any of the Shrek films, but Adamson impressed me with his first live action film.

  • January 30, 2008 5:39 PM CST

    The first one started out great, but

    by skywalkerfamily

    got long and boring towards the end. The battle scenes were terrible, and I didn't care for anyone.

  • January 30, 2008 5:43 PM CST

    TV series

    by Tony fucknuts

    Anyone remember the tv adaptations of these years ago? Reepicheep was played by a midget? Shoddy, shoddy casting. This promises somethimg much more in line with the characters in the book. Plus, its got badgers, so i'm sold.

  • January 30, 2008 5:44 PM CST

    i'm a perv :)

    by Bouncy X

    that middle girl is gettin hot...nice.

  • January 30, 2008 5:56 PM CST

    Still can't get excited by the

    by skimn

    "kids on a mythical quest" genre..unless its South Park.

  • January 30, 2008 6:21 PM CST

    LIES!!!

    by idrinkyourmilkshake

    Seriously-this move sucked B I G T I M E. The part, where I realzied that Id paid a perfectly good $9.50 to have some studio executive, thousand of miles away bend me over and give me the old in-out was when i had to the part in which 2 gerbils( one voiced with great shame by Ray Winstone)sitting down ,having fucknig dinner and chatting on. The pits!! The guy on top who mentioned this was A VERY LAME Lord of the Rings Rip-off was right on the money!! To keep my sanity-I pretended the ENTIRE time like I was watching LOTR(which i love)-but couldnt shake the fact that it was designed for 4 year olds. much like the 1st National Treasure , which was a g-rated Michael Bay movie (at least thats HOW they sold it on the preveiws and commercial!)It's movies like that scar us for life!

  • January 30, 2008 6:43 PM CST

    No

    by Draco777

    This one looks so much more epic than the last. And Mr. Caspain is..ahem, SO CUTE. I'd pay full price just to see him shake his stuff. lol But sadly cute guys and great special effects doesn't make for the best movie. The story is just not as good as TLTWATW and it seems like the producers realize this too, so to fix the probelm they're deciding to make the battle sequences bigger? Good idea but it's not going to work. Ah well, I still want to see Prince Caspian. It looks like it has potential to be a real hit.

  • January 30, 2008 7:07 PM CST

    Santa gives the kids weapons of death

    by Han Cholo

    Didn't know Santa manufactured such violent weapons. I wanted to see him hand one of the kids a scythe. That would have been dope.

  • January 30, 2008 7:31 PM CST

    shut up with that Reepicheep shit.

    by JimCurry

    I don't like it, not onnnnnnne bit.

  • January 30, 2008 7:36 PM CST

    Son of Aragorn

    by Chanoc

    Holly Cow, prince Caspian looks a lot like Viggo´s Aragorn don´t you think

  • January 30, 2008 7:59 PM CST

    Reepicheep Gotta Eat!

    by johnnykool

  • January 30, 2008 8:25 PM CST

    a week or two

    by memflix

    This poster's been in theaters for a little while now. Is this just the Internet debut? The net's a strange place. How can something be a debut, if the hard copy is already out in the market.

  • January 30, 2008 9:10 PM CST

    since we're on the topic of CS Lewis (kind of)...

    by tango fett

    any love for his Ransom Trilogy?

  • January 30, 2008 9:23 PM CST

    tango fett

    by freydis

    dang yes. I have a feeling/hope those will never make it to film, but... dang. he sure could write some evil.

  • January 30, 2008 9:32 PM CST

    narnia books put me to sleep in school.

    by BMacSmith

    the movie was cute, but pretty generic. not too excited to see this, but i probably will. might enjoy it

    p.s. that lion is awesome. they do a great job making a cg lion cooler than a real life one. usually that idea fails.

  • January 30, 2008 9:49 PM CST

    McLovin!

    by messi

    The third kid on the left, the dumb cunt from part 1. IT'S MCLOVIN!!!

  • January 30, 2008 9:53 PM CST

    too gay!!

    by ludmir88

    mehh

  • January 30, 2008 10:19 PM CST

    BMacSmith...YES....

    by FlickaPoo

    ...retro Oxford sci-fi. Perelandra probably my favorite one...

  • January 30, 2008 10:45 PM CST

    Look at the waves in the poster!!!!

    by Loosejerk

    You can see Jango Fett in the outline of Anakin's cloak!!!!!

  • January 30, 2008 11:16 PM CST

    Oh great...

    by AuntieMeat

    ... now I have the Phish song "Prince Caspian" stuck in my head. "Ooooohhh, to be Prince Caspian, afloat upon the waves..."

  • January 30, 2008 11:41 PM CST

    Eddie Izzard for 11th Doctor!

    by BrandLoyalist

    We're due for an irascible Doctor a la numbers 1 and 6 in his period-5 cycle of personalities. He'd be so right... man that'd great.

  • January 30, 2008 11:55 PM CST

    the real Narnia theme

    by palinode

    This place sucks - let's get a lion and shake shit up.

  • January 31, 2008 12:52 AM CST

    Yeah! Any Doctor played like Colin Baker...

    by ZeroCorpse

    Is a Doctor I'd enjoy. I like it when the Doctor is fucking nuts and bombastic. I like the current Doctor, too, of course... But Izzard as the Doctor would be genius.

    I'd also accept an oldish Doctor again. How about finally giving it to John Cleese?

    I'd also accept Rik Mayall, but honestly, if you do that then you have to get Ade Edmondson or Nigel Planer in there as villains.

  • January 31, 2008 12:55 AM CST

    god that giant CAT looks good

    by couP

  • January 31, 2008 1:17 AM CST

    what is ..

    by huggerorange

    wtf is so special about reepichep?, its a fucking lil mouse with a sword.

  • January 31, 2008 2:16 AM CST

    Is Reepichep a tribute to Winston Churchill?

    by Lashlarue

    Is Caspian a metaphor for Jesus? Sorry. Never got past the first book.

  • January 31, 2008 2:34 AM CST

    Was disappointed in the first flick,

    by Dingbatty

    and wasn't looking forward to this one, but... Eddie Izzard as Reepicheep is a must see!

  • January 31, 2008 2:36 AM CST

    Is Eddie Izzard still popular?

    by skywalkerfamily

    Outside the internet people have no clue who he is.

  • January 31, 2008 3:49 AM CST

    What A Pile Of Crap

    by kwisatzhaderach

    I love the Narnia books. But these movies are offensive. And who came up with that tag line? Ugh.

  • January 31, 2008 4:05 AM CST

    'Reepicheep Vs Jerry's French Cousin (RVJFC)'

    by pokadoo

    That stinking headline "Everything you thought blah blah forever" Didn't they use similar pointless slogans on the last few Harry Potter films? Blech! Dosen't the trailer even have the obligatory "This will lead us to OPEN WAR" quote that every fantasy trailer has now? Typical marketing cliche. Poster looks cool though (other than the crappy tagline).

  • January 31, 2008 4:55 AM CST

    I remember when...

    by Ghostball

    Matrix 1 and Fellowship came out, I thought there was gonna be a whole new wave of groundbreaking, challenging and visually inventive movies on the 21st century horizon that would truely deserve the term 'epic'. This tween-democraphic poster, capped off with that DOA tagline, pretty much spits that notion right back in my face. Anyone got a hankerchief?

  • January 31, 2008 4:56 AM CST

    Rik Mayall is a good idea

    by Lost Jarv

    but anything that gets it out of the sweaty mits of RTD is a better one.

    Fucking Catherine Tate.

  • January 31, 2008 6:58 AM CST

    Photoshop YAWN, I miss Drew Struzan

    by Drath

    I am sick of photoshopped immitations of Drew Struzan's work. He turned posters into movies like Masters of the fucking Universe into memorable pop art (okay, maybe not that good, but damn exciting stuff). This is just more floating heads and partially masked layers. Even if it's not, that's what it LOOKS like. Very unsatisfying.

  • January 31, 2008 8:42 AM CST

    TheDouche as a Furry

    by johnnykool

    Real pic, not photoshopped: http://tinyurl.com/33w7wu

  • January 31, 2008 11:43 AM CST

    girls love Eddie Izzard

    by BMacSmith

    I'm not sure why. he's okay. kinda funny but the large english guy dressed as a woman thing is distracting. he is one ugly looking chick.

  • January 31, 2008 12:39 PM CST

    Prince Caspian should have gone to Brett Ratner

    by wilsonfisk89

    just sayin, the guy makes great films.... NOT, see how ridiculous all other movie titles sound directed by him... so why THE WOLFMAN, support the insurgence!

  • January 31, 2008 12:41 PM CST

    Sure the cute critters arm themselves and hack at it...

    by Kid Z

    ...They're all christer/fundie critters after all!

  • January 31, 2008 1:18 PM CST

    THE PRETTY OLDER SISTER...

    by Alex Mack

    Yes....the older sister (the chick w/the bow and arrow)looks pretty in the poster. I believe she's 16 years old though. And in England, where's she's from,she's considered...LEGAL. Yeah....that's the brits for ya!

  • January 31, 2008 4:03 PM CST

    "THEY'RE RAPING US!!...AND IT HUUURTS!!..."

    by FlickaPoo

    ...I love the Narnia books, but I will never be able to see cute talking woodland creatures again without hearing that in the back of my head..."...then we can use the blood as lubricant!..."

  • January 31, 2008 4:39 PM CST

    Let's hope this installment....

    by C.K. Lamoo

    Does not follow the Model of Lion, Witch and Whatever constantly undercutting the action scenes with slow paced schmaltz.

  • January 31, 2008 4:48 PM CST

    YAWN

    by ricardoflynn

  • January 31, 2008 5:44 PM CST

    FuckMichaelBay

    by jakelael

    Love that song. Phish - Live version. 'nothing you can turn to, but the demons in your head. oooohhhh to be ....'

  • January 31, 2008 5:46 PM CST

    oopos

    by jakelael

    'nothing to return to but the demons in their caves'. :P shoulda looked it up first. Oh fuck it. I'll sing it how I want!!! still a great song! PS - You all everybody!

  • January 31, 2008 5:55 PM CST

    oh

    by AllieJamison

    well. Is that Moses with a sword? I actually didn't think the first one was too bad.

  • February 1, 2008 7:07 AM CST

    looks a bit daft!

    by FILMFUNK

    first one held snowy childhood nostalgia, sequels know nothing about!? might enjoy them then. Hope they is better than the Potter films the trailer made it look like!

  • February 1, 2008 8:01 AM CST

    Funny you should mention Young Ones here

    by BrandLoyalist

    That show featured perhaps the most faithful adaptation of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to date. "Turkish delight?" "No thanks, have you got any kabobs?" Wik as the Doctor... that'd be insane!

  • February 1, 2008 8:27 AM CST

    aaargggh

    by ufoclub1977

    the first movie sucked. I'd much rather watch the moody, emotion saturated 70's cartoon.

  • February 1, 2008 7:05 PM CST

    The cross shape of that foreshortened sword is really subtle

    by kevred

    Subtle like a Mike Huckabee campaign ad, that is. Not saying it's inappropriate, just pointing out the very obvious. Nice colors in the poster, though.

  • February 2, 2008 7:22 AM CST

    Why do heterosexual men vomit when then look at other men

    by Sepulchrave

    what the fuck is wrong with you guys; who messed with you when you were little?

  • February 2, 2008 2:25 PM CST

    Ooh...yes...

    by Billy The Fish

    ...Eddie Izzard. Very funny in...let me think...1996. Mmm...Cross-dressing...a bit risque. Mmm...humourous Socialist material...ah-ha!...yes!... Mmm...Boring little wanker. Go away, Eddie. Yes.

  • February 3, 2008 6:46 AM CST

    Eddie Izzard is the kiss of death...

    by Sepulchrave

    ...for films. Sad but true. Quite like the idea of Eddie as Doctor Who, though.

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