From NarniaWeb: For those of you who can understand French, the trailer is currently available from French cinema site www.allocine.fr. It’s embedded video, so you can’t download it, but it’s exciting nonetheless! It runs a total of 2 minutes and 18 seconds, and is now available for viewing. We also have a mirror now at potterworldonline and an english version of the trailer with French subtitles. All links are listed below:

-French Trailer at Allocine.fr
-English Trailer w/ French Subtitles at Allocine.fr

Mirrors (click and click "Save Target As"):
-English Trailer w/ French Subtitles at NarniaWeb.com
-French Trailer at Potterworldonline.com (thanks to Winky)
-English Trailer w/ French Subtitles at TheOneLion.net
-French Trailer at TheOneLion.net

Wellington's Weta Workshop has started "importing" animators from overseas to work on a new television series. Weta has set up five Singaporean animators in New Zealand to work on a 26-episode, 3D animated series it is producing with Canadian entertainment company Nelvana, the Channelnewsasia website reports. The animation series, Jane and the Dragon, stars 12-year old Jane, a headstrong knight in the King's Guard, and a 300-year old dragon for company. It will be broadcast in Australasia, North America and Europe early next year. [More]

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Here are some times and place you can catch the trailer this weekend!

US - May 7th during ABC’s network premiere of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

Germany - May 7th on 20:14hr (local time) on PRO7 (kudos to Narnian for the heads up!)

Holland - May 6th on 18:35 and 23:55hr on RTL4 and Yorin (kudos to the folks from Narniafilms.nl for the heads up!)

Know some other places? Drop us a line!

From USA Today: When the first trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe makes its U.S. premiere Saturday night during ABC's showing of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets— airing at the same time in 30-plus countries — viewers are apt to gaze in wonder. And be taken aback. [More]

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