<P> The film is set three Narnian years after the events of Prince Caspian . The two youngest Pevensie siblings, Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley), are transported back to Narnia along with their cousin Eustace Scrubb (Will Poulter). They join the new king of Narnia, Caspian (Ben Barnes), in his quest to rescue seven lost lords and to save Narnia from a corrupting evil that resides on a dark island . Each character is tested as they journey to the home of the great lion Aslan (Liam Neeson) at the far end of the world . </P> <P> Development on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader began in 2007, while Prince Caspian was still in production . Filming was supposed to take place in Malta, the Czech Republic and Iceland in 2008 with Michael Apted as the director, for a planned release in 2009, but production was halted after a budgetary dispute between Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures concerning Prince Caspian's performance at the box office, resulting in Disney departing the production and being replaced by 20th Century Fox . Filming later took place in Australia and New Zealand in 2009 and was converted into 3D in 2010 . It was released in traditional 2D, RealD 3D, and Digital 3D, and a limited release in 4D . </P> <P> The film premiered on November 30, 2010, at a Royal Film Performance in London and was released worldwide on December 10, 2010 . It was commercially successful but met with mixed reviews, praising the performances and visual effects but criticizing the script and pace . The film received moderate success in North America with a gross of $104 million, which was lower than its predecessors . However, it fared better than Prince Caspian internationally with $310 million . The film was the 12th highest - grossing film of 2010 worldwide with nearly $415 million and received a nomination at the 68th Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song . It then became 20th Century Fox's highest - grossing film in 2010 . The Magician's Nephew was to be the fourth entry to the series, but in Autumn 2011 Walden Media's contract with the C.S. Lewis estate expired, which placed the possibility of another film on indefinite hold . However, on October 1, 2013, The C.S. Lewis Company announced that they have entered into an agreement with The Mark Gordon Company to jointly develop and produce the fourth film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair . </P> <P> Three years after the events of Prince Caspian, Edmund Pevensie and Lucy are staying with their irritating bookworm cousin Eustace Scrubb until the war is over, separated from Peter and Susan Pevensie . Edmund is still too young to enlist in His Majesty's Armed Forces . At their cousin's home, a painting of a ship on the ocean transports Lucy, Edmund and Eustace into an ocean in Narnia . They are rescued by Caspian, who captains the Dawn Treader . He invites them on a voyage to rescue the seven Lords of Narnia whom his uncle Miraz banished . In the Lone Islands, where people are sold as slaves, Caspian and Edmund are captured and imprisoned while Lucy and Eustace are sold as slaves . Caspian meets one of the lost lords (Lord Bern), who reveals that the slaves are not sold, but sacrificed to a mysterious green mist . They are rescued by their crew . Bern, who becomes the new governor, gives Caspian a sword, one of seven given to each of the lords by Aslan . </P>

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