Director Joe Johnston, known for his work on the film "The First Avenger", screens the novel by Clive Staples Lewis's book "Narnia: The Silver Chair," reports Variety..

TriStar Pictures will be working on the restart of the franchise. The project also involves Mark Gordon Company, The C. Lewis Company and Entertainment One.

Trilogy "The Chronicles of Narnia" collected in the global box office 1.6 billion dollars. The first film - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - was released in 2005.

The second - "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" - was released in 2008. The third tape - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn" - was presented in 2010.

A series of books about Narnia, written by Lewis, includes seven novels. It was translated into 50 languages ??and sold over 100,000 copies.

Earlier it was reported that Marvel Studio plans to restart the franchise about vampires "Blade". The central figure of the new film will be a woman.