R&H had actually done much of the groundwork for the animals when the company worked on "The Chronicles of Narnia."

Coming Dec. 9, a forum on "The Chronicles of Narnia": Did Disney get it right?

Cary Granat had previously worked with Disney on the Chronicles of Narnia and Bridge to Terabithia films.

Weta Workshop has also worked on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

But Disney and the production company Walden, which collaborated on the successful "Chronicles of Narnia," may be hoping for a Potter kind of audience.

Gresham is now a producer of the successful film series based on the Chronicles of Narnia.

Conversely, the Xbox game based on "The Chronicles of Riddick" received good reviews and sold fairly well even though the film was considered a box office disappointment.

According to a 1999 publisher's note, quoting Alexander on The Chronicles, "'The people in it were born, like most children, at unlikely and inconvenient times.

The demo version is also available on the 2005 Chronicles CD box set.