"The Chronicles of Narnia" movie series are a series of movies created by Walden Media and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The movies are based on the series of fantasy novels of the same name written by British author C.S. Lewis. The first movie in the series, "", was released in 2005, and the second, "", was released in 2008. The third movie, "", was released in 2010. In January 2009, it was announced that Disney would not continue to distribute the "Narnia" movie series, thus "" was sent to 20th Century Fox. Fox will now distribute the "Narnia" movie series afterwards.