{"id":801679,"date":"2026-10-13T22:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801679\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:22:09","slug":"netflix-unveils-first-trailer-for-greta-gerwigs-narnia-the-magicians-nephew-greta-gerwig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801679\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix unveils first trailer for Greta Gerwig\u2019s Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew | Greta Gerwig"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first look at Greta Gerwig<\/a>\u2019s vision for Narnia has been revealed.<\/p>\n

Today, Netflix is giving a first look at her vision for CS Lewis<\/a>\u2019s magical world in the trailer for The Magician\u2019s Nephew, the first chronological book in the beloved series.<\/p>\n

With the soundtrack of Led Zeppelin\u2019s Stairway to Heaven, the trailer opens with magician Andrew Ketterley (Daniel Craig<\/a>) intoning that \u201csometimes one story is the beginning to all others\u201d, as he gives a group of kids a magic ring that will transport them to strange and wonderful lands.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the trailer gives a first look at many locations and characters familiar to fans, including Jadis (Emma Mackey, the future White Witch) and Aslan, the mythical lion voiced by Meryl Streep<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Magician\u2019s Nephew tells the story of two children in Edwardian England named Digory and Polly (newcomers David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell) who chance upon the Wood Between Worlds, a realm with many portals to different dimensions. There, they witness the birth of Narnia.<\/p>\n

In a trailer premiere event in New York this morning, Gerwig spoke of her longtime passion for CS Lewis\u2019s series. \u201cI don\u2019t remember a time I didn\u2019t know the books,\u201d she said, per Variety<\/a>. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be who I am without these books.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film, which is Gerwig\u2019s first since her $1bn-grossing megahit Barbie<\/a>, will open for an eight-week theatrical window on 12 February before it streams on Netflix starting 2 April, in the studio\u2019s first global theatrical release.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Ted [Sarandos, CEO of Netflix] I only know how to make movies for the big screen,\u201d Gerwig said. \u201cHe said: \u2018Make the movie for the biggest screen and trust the process.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The director added that she petitioned Led Zeppelin\u2019s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page for permission to use Stairway to Heaven in the trailer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to them about a lot of the themes of the film,\u201d Gerwig said, as reported by Rolling Stone<\/a>. \u201cThey saw the heart and the story and the drama in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an epic song,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s about the two paths of good and evil \u2026 It is a spiritual quest and a spiritual journey. So to me, this was a song that made sense to introduce the film to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first look at Greta Gerwig\u2019s vision for Narnia has been revealed. Today, Netflix is giving a first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-801679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}