{"id":931978,"date":"2026-10-13T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931978\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:26:09","slug":"watch-narnia-magicians-nephew-trailer-greta-gerwig-on-making-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931978\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Narnia Magician’s Nephew Trailer; Greta Gerwig on Making Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIn keeping with what will be its biggest theatrical debut release in history<\/a>, Netflix<\/a> debuted the first trailer<\/a> for Greta Gerwig<\/a>\u2018s Narnia<\/a>: The Magician\u2019s Nephew in the Imax theater atop the AMC Lincoln Square on New York\u2019s Upper West Side on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe preview begins with David McKenna\u2019s Digorey Kirke wondering about his \u201cmad\u201d uncle Andrew, played by Daniel Craig, whom his mother says is a \u201cmagician.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSoon, Digorey and the other children learn from Andrew that magic is real and, with the help of a magical ring, they are transported to the surreal, enchanted land of Narnia, complete with talking animals and a flying horse, which the children ride in a scene that Gerwig said was her favorite to film.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trailer is soundtracked to Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cStairway to Heaven,\u201d an impressive sync considering that the band has historically been reluctant to license their music for movies and TV shows.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt a screening of the trailer, attended by select members of the press and influencers, Gerwig explained that she showed the film to singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page and they were so moved that they allowed her to use their iconic song.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThey saw the heart of the film,\u201d Gerwig shared during a Q&A with \u201ctemporary host\u201d Stephen Colbert<\/a>, adding that the musicians understood her love for C.S. Lewis.<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth Gerwig and Colbert agreed it was a fitting song for the film, with Gerwig calling it the \u201cstory of the movie,\u201d as the track also explores a \u201cspiritual quest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSeeing the trailer with an audience, all wearing light-up rings that synced up with big moments in the preview, was an emotional experience for Gerwig, who said she was \u201ctearing up\u201d after the trailer debuted, as she put her hand over her mouth.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the audience was treated to movie snacks (candy and popcorn in Narnia-branded cartons were available), coffee and passed mini pancakes, Gerwig spoke with Colbert about making the movie, a process that involved a lot of faith and began with a focus on the big screen.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig said she only knows how to make movies for theaters, explaining how she begins by imagining watching the film in the theater, recalling how she told Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos that that was part of her process.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMake the movie for the biggest screen you can imagine,\u201d Gerwig said Sarandos told her.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn earlier conversation between Gerwig and Sarandos was key to her landing the gig writing and directing the film.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig recalled how she was introduced to Netflix when now-husband Noah Baumbach made Marriage Story for the streamer. After learned that Netflix had acquired the rights to the Chronicles of Narnia books \u2014 some of her favorites from childhood and which shaped who she became \u2014 she \u201cmade a beeline\u201d for Sarandos at a cocktail party.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe shared her excitement about Netflix making movies based on the Narnia books and began talking about her vision for the project, particularly that The Magician\u2019s Nephew should be the first film. Roughly 20 minutes later, Gerwig recalled, Sarandos asked if she wanted to write the film.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig landed the gig before she\u2019d made her box-office smash Barbie, so she praised the streamer for taking a chance on her after she\u2019d only made Lady Bird and Little Women.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond imagining the theatrical experience, Gerwig talked about the challenges of telling an intimate story involving, as Colbert put it, \u201clonely children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf it\u2019s in the heart, it can be huge and small and both can be true,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig also spoke about her immersive approach to understanding Lewis\u2019 mindset while writing the adaptation, saying she not only read what he wrote and read, she \u201ctried to walk in his shoes,\u201d visiting the places he inhabited. She also pulled out Lewis\u2019 best and most visually evocative quotes from his writing and kept those in mind as she was working on the script.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen it came time to cast the young children at the center of the film (McKenna and Beatrice Campbell), Gerwig said she saw kids from all over but felt there was something special about McKenna and Campbell. They kept finding each other in groups of kids and, in a pause during a screentest, Campbell sniffled and McKenna gestured for a tissue, which Gerwig was touched by, seeing that they were \u201calready caring for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tColbert also asked Gerwig about the role of faith in her filmmaking, a fitting topic for a discussion about Lewis\u2019 work, which often explored theological issues.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig argued that filmmaking alone was an act of faith, recalling how her cinematographer Seamus McGarvey would observe that when you\u2019re shooting on film you\u2019re sending it off and hoping it\u2019ll come back looking the way you wanted it to. Beyond that, she suggested that even going to movies can be a religious experience as involving gathering in the dark with strangers.<\/p>\n

\n\tColbert also asked her a loaded question that could apply to the characters in the film, traveling to Narnia, or making the movie or just embarking on any new endeavor: \u201cHow do you know you\u2019re ready when you don\u2019t know what\u2019s on the other side?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig said you just have to \u201cleap in with your full heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to McKenna, Campbell and Craig, Narnia stars Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds, Meryl Streep, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Denise Gough and Susan Wokoma.<\/p>\n

\n\tNarnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew is set to hit theaters on Feb. 12, 2027, with the film getting a wide theatrical release in a first for the streamer. The movie will play in theaters for 49 days before hitting the streaming service on April 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerwig said she hoped theatergoers would find themselves thinking, \u201cI love watching movies in the theater. I can\u2019t wait to come back. And then watch this at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd she hoped filmgoers left the theater \u201cwanting to make things,\u201d which she called an \u201cact of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to Gerwig, producers on the film include Amy Pascal, who was included in behind-the-scenes footage shown at Tuesday\u2019s event, as well as Mark Gordon and Vincent Sieber-Smith.<\/p>\n

\n\tPatricia Whitcher, Racheline Benveniste, Christine Crais and Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams executive producer for the C. S. Lewis Estate.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the credits, fans of Gerwig\u2019s Barbie will be pleased to see that Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt are back doing the score for Narnia, with Gerwig sharing that they worked on the music beginning in pre-production and played some of it for the cast as they were filming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In keeping with what will be its biggest theatrical debut release in history, Netflix debuted the first trailer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,1048,168011,337,83439,1316,3668,5337,1556],"class_list":["post-931978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-greta-gerwig","tag-movies","tag-narnia","tag-netflix","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-trailer","tag-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}