No. In fact, there hasn’t been anything truly official from Disney about this.

Fox has picked it up! Here’s the story on NarniaWeb: http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=2110&dl=22545350

The studios are still working on the rights details, but we know that Michael Apted, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, and Will Poulter are set to work there. Walden still has the rights to the movie. The hope is to begin shooting end of summer for a holiday 2010 release. The budget is $140 million.

Seems to me that Walden has found a partner who will bow to their wishes. The release date, budget, and director were all chosen by Walden, and the screenwriter who wrote the most recent draft has pleased both studios.

Get out the party props and let’s celebrate!

There has been some angst over the fact that Fox is tossing VDT to the branch that handled Eragon. I’m just going to say that I’m not worried. Eragon as a book wasn’t too great, IMHO, and that would definitely harm a movie. VDT is a great book, quite cinematic, and Walden is on-board to make sure creative decisions get made properly, unlike Eragon, which had Christopher Paolini basically handing the reigns over to the Fox execs. There’s a difference between a young author with his eyes on fame, and a production team that includes Douglas Gresham, who doesn’t seem to me the type of person to go after that stuff.