Featured image: Greta Gerwig. Photo: Canal22 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
The Lowdown
Starting Narnia with the prequel is a bold choice, and getting Led Zeppelin to say yes is a power move. Gerwig’s Barbie follow-up is also Netflix’s biggest test yet of whether it can play the theatrical game, so the stakes go well beyond one franchise.
Key Takeaways
- Netflix released the first trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew on October 13 (Variety).
- The cast includes Daniel Craig as Andrew Ketterley, Emma Mackey as Jadis and Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan (Variety).
- It’s Netflix’s first movie with a global theatrical release, opening February 12, 2027, before streaming April 2 (Variety).
- Gerwig wrote to Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to license Stairway to Heaven for the trailer (Variety).
The Story
Netflix unveiled the first trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew on October 13. It is Greta Gerwig’s first feature since 2023’s Barbie (Variety).
Based on C.S. Lewis’s prequel novel, the story follows Digory and Polly, played by David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell, who are transported by a magic ring from Daniel Craig’s Andrew Ketterley. The trailer shows Emma Mackey’s Jadis, the future White Witch, and ends with Aslan, voiced by Meryl Streep, singing Narnia to life. Carey Mulligan and Ciarán Hinds also star (Variety).
Gerwig said she pitched Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos on starting with The Magician’s Nephew at a cocktail party, and he asked if she wanted to write it. “I wouldn’t be who I am without these books,” she said (Variety).
The film is Netflix’s first to get a global theatrical release, opening in cinemas February 12, 2027 and arriving on Netflix April 2. Led Zeppelin rarely licenses its music, and Gerwig said she wrote to Plant and Page and showed them an early cut to win their approval (Variety).
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