I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help because there is no answer to this question. Having followed several movies, this seems to be the most common stage when films can be pushed through quickly or sit and languish for years. I don't know how many of you read the history of the John Carter of Mars movie that came out several years ago, but I believe it holds the record of being in "development hell" for 79 years.
It was supposed to be Disney's first full-length animated movie... crazy.
I don't think we're going to have to worry about that with The Silver Chair.
I hear that Douglas Gresham is "busy" with the movie, so that gives me hope that it's being actively worked on and not gathering dust on some film executive's desk.
I know for me personally I'd rather them take a little extra time with the script to get it right instead of shoving it on through the filmmaking process.
Rose wrote:It's a little bit difficult to know what to expect because of the moratorium.
This is a question that was finally answered for us. We have it on our Movie FAQ page, but I'll go ahead and post it here too.
We have recently learned that the seven year moratorium applies from film release to film release. ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ came out in December 2010, so the earliest we could possibly see ‘The Silver Chair’ is December 2017. We're not saying that's when it will release, but rather, we won't see it before then.