Walden Media

Walden Media, LLC or Walden Media is a movie production and publishing company for children's movies. It is best known for making The Chronicles of Narnia movie series. Its movies are usually based on famous children's books. For example, Bridge to Terabithia. It also makes movies about biographies or historical events.

It was started in 2000 by Michael Flaherty and Cary Granat. This was when Granat was the leader of Dimension Films. Flaherty was interested in good education for children. They had lived together at Tufts University when they were younger. They said the purpose of Walden Media was to make kids have fun. The company is owned by a Christian named Philip Anschutz. Anschutz is known for his strong political opinions. He also said he wanted the movies "to be entertaining, but also to be life affirming and to carry a moral message."Berkowitz, Bill. "The movie, the media, and the conservative politics of Philip Anschutz."  Media Transparency, 2 December 2005.

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 Other websites 
 Official website
 FoxWalden website


Category:Companies based in Los Angeles
Category:2000 establishments in the United States
Category:American movie studios