Entertainment Weekly has an in-depth profile of Walden Media, the family-values-focused media company responsible for (among other films) the Narnia movie. Walden isn't a "Christian company," exactly, but its interest in family films means that it influences, and is influenced by, evangelical culture.

The story of the organization's beginning has a nice road-to-Damascus feel to it:

It all started one day in 1997, when [Dimension Films president Cary] Granat walked into his living room and discovered his daughter watching some work he had brought home from the office: dailies from Scream 2. There, on the TV screen, was the black-robed, ghoul-masked killer he had helped turn into an icon, chasing Courteney Cox around a recording studio with a knife. Granat's daughter was terrified. She was also only 2 years old. In that moment, he considered the prospect of his little girl growing up steeped in the kind of culture he was producing. And he realized that something — or someone — needed to make that major change.

The article also gives us a glimpse of upcoming films from Walden, including an adaptation of Charlotte's Web and (surprise) more Narnia movies.

I'm often tempted to take a rather cynical view of companies that market their products toward the Christian community, because it's difficult to tell whether the relationship is based on genuine moral vision or a simple desire to lay claim to an untapped market (or a combination of both). Nevertheless, it's hard not to admire Granat's decision to leave mainstream Hollywood behind; and it's noteworthy that his response was not just to critique, but to challenge its worldview with an alternative.