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Walden Media is a film production and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Its films are based on notable classic or award-winning children's literature, compelling biographies or historical events, documentaries and some original screenplays. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Cary Granat is Co-founder and CEO of Walden Media, a Production Company, which focuses on films that entertain and educate. ...
Philip Frederick Anschutz (born 28 December 1939 in Russell, Kansas) is an American businessman and supporter of Christian causes. ...
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The corporate headquarters of Walden Media are located in Los Angeles, California, and the Education, Outreach, Interactive and Publishing office is in Boston, Massachusetts. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government - Type Mayor-Council - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo - Governing body City Council Area - City 498. ...
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Company history
Walden Media was created in 2001 by Michael Flaherty and Cary Granat. Granat was president of Miramax's Dimension Films division, and Flaherty came from the world of education. Flaherty was called an “entrepreneur in education” by the Boston Globe for his work with innovative programs meant to help underprivileged students gain access to quality education.[1]. The two were housemates at Tufts University before following different paths and then reuniting to form Walden Media[2] as a movie, television, publishing and Internet enterprise whose goal is to teach and entertain kids. The company is owned by the Christian conservative Philip Anschutz, who has said he expects their movies "to be entertaining, but also to be life affirming and to carry a moral message."[3] See Michael F. Flaherty, president of the Boston City Council. ...
Cary Granat is Co-founder and CEO of Walden Media, a Production Company, which focuses on films that entertain and educate. ...
Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ...
Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ...
The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ...
Tufts University is a private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, suburbs of Boston. ...
Philip Frederick Anschutz (born 28 December 1939 in Russell, Kansas) is an American businessman and supporter of Christian causes. ...
The company's notable releases include Holes in 2003, Because of Winn-Dixie for Twentieth Century Fox in 2004, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005, How to Eat Fried Worms and Charlotte's Web in 2006, and Bridge to Terabithia, released by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media in 2007. All of these films are adaptations of popular children's books. Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title by Louis Sachar. ...
Because of Winn-Dixie was adapted as a 2005 family film, directed by Wayne Wang. ...
How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 film based on the childrens book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. ...
Charlottes Web is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book of the same name by E.B. White. ...
For the novel, see Bridge to Terabithia (novel). ...
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Currently in development are movies based on Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember, and Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series. The Dark is Rising is a childrens novel by Susan Cooper. ...
On August 8, 2006, Walden Media announced a joint venture with 20th Century Fox. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and The Dark Is Rising will be the first films released under the venture. Previously announced films at other studios will remain in place.[4] Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ...
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The Dark is Rising is a 2007 film adaptation of the high fantasy five-book series The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. ...
Education program Walden Media is unique among film production companies in that it works with teachers, museums, and national organizations to develop supplemental educational programs and materials associated with its films and the original events and/or novels that inspire the films.[5]
Walden Media offers in-class teaching tools like educational guides and teacher kits[6] and sponsors seminars and forums for teachers to discuss their craft and to trade ideas on using media in the classroom. Directors, writers, and stars of the productions participate in these events.
In 2006, Walden Media sponsored the "Break the World Reading Record with Charlotte’s Web". At noon on Wednesday, December 13th, 547,826 readers in 2,451 locations, 50 states and 28 countries read an excerpt from Charlotte’s Web, breaking the world record of 155,528 students from 737 schools in the United Kingdom who read William Wordsworth’s poem, "Daffodils" in 2004.[7] William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ...
Criticism After the release of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, rumors flew that Walden Media was a means for fulfilling Anschutz's Christian agenda: We've never had a conversation about religion with him. Period, says David Weil, chief executive officer for the Anschutz Film Group. We all come from different religious backgrounds here. We all believe in a family values approach to positive messages — but religious orientation doesn't factor into it.'"[1] In July and August of 2007, Walden Media came under fire from fans of the Dark is Rising book series for liberties the company is purported to have taken with the plot in its forthcoming movie of the same title [8]. As one critic noted: "During filming in Bucharest, Romania there was a joke on The Dark is Rising set that only three things have been changed from the original 1973 novel: the nationality of lead character Will Stanton, changed from English to American; his age changed from 11 to 13; and everything else that happens in the story. A solo quest by an 11-year-old is no longer solo; family values have been deemed out of date — the happy, loving Stanton family rewritten dysfunctional; a series of five books bereft of a single love interest has been re-imagined with the lead character chasing the fairer sex, pleading in the trailer “I can't save the world! I don't even know how to talk to a girl!” Angered, disgusted fans are reporting little interest in their hero’s new, most ordinary of plights." [9] There is considerable speculation that the changes are due in part to the evangelical Christian beliefs of director David Cunningham, and of the 'Christian mission' sometimes attributed to Walden Media itself. The implications of this speculation, however, seem to be inconsistent with Christian values.
Etymology and logo The company is named after Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Its logo is a rock skipping across a pond. Thoreaus Cove, Concord, Mass. ...
Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1635 Government - Type Open town meeting Area - Town 25. ...
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Filmography Ghosts of the Abyss is a 2003 documentary made by filmmaker James Cameron after his Oscar winning film Titanic. ...
Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title by Louis Sachar. ...
I Am David is a 2003 film based on the novel I Am David by Anne Holm. ...
Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 comedy adventure film based on Jules Vernes novel, Around the World in 80 Days. ...
Because of Winn-Dixie was adapted as a 2005 family film, directed by Wayne Wang. ...
Aliens of the Deep is a 2005 documentary film, directed by Academy Award winner James Cameron and Steven Quale and filmed in the 3-D IMAX format. ...
Hoot is a 2006 film based on Carl Hiassens novel of the same name. ...
How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 film based on the childrens book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. ...
Charlottes Web is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book of the same name by E.B. White. ...
For the novel, see Bridge to Terabithia (novel). ...
The Waterhorse is a film due in 2007 directed by Jay Russell based on the screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs and the novel by Dick-King Smith. ...
Mr. ...
Journey 3-D is a forthcoming 3-D film adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, it is scheduled for release on August 8, 2008. ...
Carlisle School is a small private school for grades PS-12 located in Martinsville, Virginia. ...
This article is about the novel by Lois Lowry. ...
Manhunt is a movie starring Harrison Ford, which is due to begin filming in March 2006. ...
Tortoise and Hippo is an animated film scheduled for release in 2007, directed by Academy Award-winning special effects producer John Dykstra. ...
Monsters vs. ...
City of Ember is a film based on the novel of the same name by Jeanne Duprau. ...
Published Books - Paddywhack Lane
- The White Giraffe
- The Gravity Keeper
- Comeback Kid Book Series
- Jim Thorpe: Original All American
References - ^ "Who we are". Walden Media corporate site
- ^ Jensen, Jeff. "The Family Business". Entertainment Weekly, 28 April 2006: 58-61.
- ^ Berkowitz, Bill. "The movie, the media, and the conservative politics of Philip Anschutz." Media Transparency, 2 December 2005.
- ^ "Fox Filmed Entertainment and Walden Media Enter into Joint Venture to Market and Release Films for the Family Audience". Walden Media press release.
- ^ "Our Company". Walden Media corporate site
- ^ Deahl, Rachel. "Walden Media Works to Make Moviegoers Readers". Publisher’s Weekly, 16 January 2006.
- ^ Toomey, Shamus. "I’ve Never Broken a World Record". Chicago Sun-Times, 14 December 2006.
- ^ "The Dark Is Rising liks". Authorblog, 7 August 2007.
- ^ Gillispe, John. "The Dark is Sinking: Book-to-Film Adaptation of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Angers Fans". Blogcritics Magazine, 26 July 2007.
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...
The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago. ...
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