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Lee claimed that she wrote a song for the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but that it was rejected because of its dark sound. Lee went on to state that it was just "more great stuff [for The Open Door]".^[42] Another song supposedly written for Narnia was the Mozart-inspired "Lacrymosa".^[43] The producers of Narnia, however, refuted her claim, stating this information was "news to them" and that no Evanescence music had been planned for inclusion in the soundtrack.^[44]

Rumors of the band breaking up surfaced^[45] after the arrival of We Are The Fallen but Lee issued a statement saying that "there's some pretty weird stuff flying around right now" and that Evanescence is "working on new material that I'm extremely excited about". Lee adds "I don't see the point in making the same record twice, so I always want to challenge myself to make something better, stronger, and more interesting than before. That takes time, but it's worth the wait for me. Hopefully, it will be for the fans too. Look out for new music next year[2010]." Former band member and co-founder Ben Moody feels the statement "kind of validates my point. I don't really think she's at all threatened by us. She said, 'Don't worry, you'll have your music next year.' But people might want something to listen to before then. That's what we're here for." "There's not really an Evanescence now," Moody adds. "It's Amy Lee playing as Evanescence with a bunch of other guys hired to play our parts. "There's no reason we can't both exist in the world." He also says that "Musically, we're going in completely different directions" and he insists that the The Open Door (Evanescence's 2006 album) sounds nothing like his band We Are The Fallen. "And as far as fans go" Moody adds "you won't see us disappear for a year and a half or sometimes three years so we can write and record an album."^[46] Lee has not responded to any of these comments.