Disney’s The Chronicles of Narnia 3 is now preparing for an extending shoot in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, specifically at the Baja Film Studio and in its filming tank.The production crew is expected to pump as much as $60 million into the local economy over the course of the four-or five-month shooting schedule. That gargantuan effort is set to start in November and is focused on underwater and beach scenes.

It’s the same kind of big box production the Gold Rock Creek facility in Grand Bahama was built to attract, although it has utterly failed to do so since the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean II and III in 2006. They, too, were Disney productions, suggesting the Bahamian facility could well have had an inside track in winning the third in the Narnia series. That’s only if its tank was fixed and other key investments in the property made.

The sequel of a CS Lewis Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe adaptation, it is now in theaters and has grossed more than $150 million since its May opening.

As reports by Jammal Smith, it’s the same kind of big box production the Gold Rock Creek facility in Grand Bahama was built to attract, although it has utterly failed to do so since the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean II and III in 2006. They, too, were Disney productions, suggesting the Bahamian facility could well have had an inside track in winning the third in the Narnia series. That’s only if its tank was fixed and other key investments in the property made.

The Xploration theme park, built by 20th Century Fox in 1996 for the filming of Titanic, is now open five days a week, attracting U.S. visitors looking to tour the facility where Master and Commander, Pearl Harbor and Tomorrow Never Dies were shot. The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be the next name added to that list.