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We’re going to be running a contest to win a copy of Cosmic very soon.  Keep your eye’s on us, as we’re working on how the contest will work.  We have five copies to give away, and are very excited about this book.

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Liam has always felt a bit like he’s stuck between two worlds. This is primarily because he’s a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he’s about thirty. Sometimes it’s not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it’s just frustrating, being a kid trapped in an adult world. And so he decides to flip things around. Liam cons his way onto the first spaceship to take civilians into space, a special flight for a group of kids and an adult chaperone, and he is going as the adult chaperone. It’s not long before Liam, along with his friends, is stuck between two worlds again—only this time he’s 239,000 miles from home.

Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of Millions and Framed, brings us a funny and touching story of the many ways in which grown-upness is truly wasted on grown-ups.

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been in Los Angeles with many fascinating people from all over the United States.  Grace Hill Media, Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media were our host as we gathered for the L.A. Lakers and Boston Celtics basketball game on Thursday night, while meeting Mr. Phil Anschutz, the owner of Walden Media.  It was an incredible night, meeting many of the people that are going to be incorporating Narnia into their programs this year.

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At long last, the story that I’ve been waiting so long to reveal to the world.  Here is a very special Narnia story, that happened last fall, as described by publicist Ernie Malik.

What is it like to fall in love in Narnia?

by Ernie Malik

A curious question you may think. We bring it up here, while cruising along on our third voyage through this wondrous world created by C.S. Lewis, because the wonder of love did happen…to six couples who worked on both the first and second film adaptations.

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Here it is, finally, the poster for this summer’s long-awaited release: Ramona and Beezus!  Starring Selena Gomez as Beezus and Joey King as Ramona Quimby.

The release date is July 23, 2010.

The adventures of Ramona Quimby come to life in this all new film based on the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary. Ramona’s vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics are put to the test when she helps her family face its biggest challenge. Along the way, Ramona (Joey King) must deal with her over-achieving older sister Beezus (Selena Gomez). Directed by Elizabeth Allen, Screenplay by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay.

One of the best, and most highly underrated movies of 2009, Bandslam, is heading to DVD on March 16th!

From Walden Media and Summit, it is the story of Will, a normal guy that moves to a new town when his mother gets a new job.  It is there that he meets some new friends that change his life forever.

Great performances and a surprising storyline makes this underdog tale one to own.

Read my full review of Bandslam!

No word yet on if it is also coming to Blu-ray, but you can take a look on Amazon.com: Bandslam [Blu-ray].

Gavin Hood is in negotiations to direct an untitled Alaskan adventure project for Walden Media. Mark Johnson is producing.

Based on Gay and Laney Salisbury’s book “The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic,” the true story centers on a 674-mile journey undertaken by 20 men and 200 dogs who rushed a diphtheria antidote to Nome, Alaska, in 1952. The group braved temperatures of minus-60 degrees, a phenomenon known as ice fog and other dangers, capturing the attention of the lower 48 states. One lead dog even got a statue in New York’s Central Park.

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A one-of-a-kind, two-day immersive behind the scenes tour of NASA Celebrates the launch of COSMIC, an out-of-this-world adventure novel by best-selling author Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote award-winning book MILLIONS.

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A family of four is about to get a rare look into America’s space-exploration HQ, NASA Space Center Houston.

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Dear Friends:

We are delighted to offer the first of a planned series of reports direct from the set of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. These will not be the kinds of canned pieces you’d find on “traditional” outlets. Instead, you’ll be getting unfiltered reports from and about the filmmakers, as they work tirelessly to bring all the magic of C.S. Lewis’ beloved story and characters to the big screen:

“Dedicated to the Ones He Loves” by Ernie Malik

“All Narnians, with grateful hearts may we give thanks to the crew of the mighty Dawn Treader for their strong minds and artisan hands”

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Your character is a hockey player. Is being in movies that features sports important to you?

You bet. I just know how important sports was to me, and everything that sports and athletics taught me from the time I started doing gymnastics when I was a kid, which didn’t last very long, till the time I took martial arts and everything else. And I know the lessons that it taught me, and I’m aware of the impact that sports has on children’s lives, all around the world. So any time I’m able to implement that it’s just really, really a cool thing.

Was it difficult to play the tooth fairy?

It wasn’t difficult at all. I mean, it was a no brainer for me. The tooth fairy is part of our culture and it’s part of the wonderment of being a child and, and the beauty of growing up. The very first time that I was approached to play the tooth fairy, I loved it. I loved the idea number one, and because it’s a character that we haven’t seen come to life in movies before.

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