In the Scope 7/28/07

July 29, 2007 Posted by Roger OvertoncloseAuthor: Roger Overton Name: Roger Overton
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Word came out of Comic-Con today that Disney will be filming all seven of the Chronicles of Narnia books. The original plan was to only make four of them. My guess is that the money was too good to pass on. They'll also be accelerating the production schedule so that a new film is released every May. Prince Caspian, the next in the series, is due out May 2008. See MTV for more info.

A teaser site has been launched for the next Batman flick- The Dark Knight. The big deal is that you can watch a teaser (which is pretty much just audio), though there are a few other things there to look at. Batman Begins was outstanding, so I'm very interested in seeing how this turns out.

Our friend John Divito (The Reformed Baptist Thinker) posted some information on Brian McLaren's next book: Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. There's a brief review and an interview by Publisher's Weekly, as well as some YouTube readings by McLaren himself. I'm really not sure why he read from the first passage for YouTube- I don't feel like it told me anything about the book. The second reading I found agreeable, though his constant repositioning of the camera is nauseating.

For those in the Southern California area, Apologetics.com will be hosting a conference on “Postmodernism & The Emerging Church” August 18th beginning at 3:00pm. J.P. Moreland and Craig Hazen are the main speakers with several of the Apologetics.com staff teaching breakout sessions.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will be hosting a grand conference on C.S. Lewis this October 26-27. It features Lewis's secretary, Walter Hooper, one of the founders of the New York C.S. Lewis Society, James Como, and one of the preeminent Lewis scholars of our day, Bruce Edwards. Other notable scholars will be presenting papers, as well as less notables such as myself. My paper will be “The Virtuous Case for Christ: How Lewis's Theological Virtues Should Aid Christians Living
in a Postmodern Culture.”

Further down the road is another great conference in Southern California hosted by Trinity Law School: God and Governing. It will be February 1-2, 2008 and feature such outstanding speakers as Os Guinness, David Wells, Vishal Mangalwadi, and a few others.

Related posts:

1. Local C.S. Lewis Conference This Saturday
2. In the Scope, 5/22/08
3. In the Scope, 7/18/08
4. In the Scope, 9/27/08
5. In the Scope 1/10/08
6. In the Scope 2/17/08

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