{"id":809949,"date":"2026-10-22T03:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809949\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:48:13","slug":"narnia-the-magicians-nephew-news-updates-for-greta-gerwig-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809949\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’: News & Updates For Greta Gerwig Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA new Narnia<\/a> movie approaches, directed by none other than Barbie (2023) helmer Greta Gerwig<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will adapt The Magician\u2019s Nephew, the first book in C.S. Lewis<\/a>\u2019 beloved series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It will first arrive in theaters before streaming on Netflix<\/a> later next year.<\/p>\n

\n\tRead on for everything we know about Greta Gerwig\u2019s Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew film:<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen will Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew come out in theaters?<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is slated to release in theaters February 12, 2027. It was originally going to go theatrical in November 2026 over Thanksgiving weekend, but then Netflix moved to give the film a wide release ahead of its arrival on the streamer April 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tIs there a trailer for Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew?<\/p>\n

\n\tYes, a trailer has been released, watching Campbell and McKenna hop worlds set to Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d in the first successful licensing for the rock song<\/a>. The duo meets Jadis, dressed in a silvery disco ball-like dress. Viewers see Aslan, but Streep\u2019s voice is not heard in the trailer. Another voice opens the trailer and closes it, sounding like that of Irish actor Ciar\u00e1n Hinds.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew\u2019 Trailer Clocks 481M+ First-Week Views, More Than \u2018Barbie\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline exclusively reported the views<\/a> clocked by the first clip, which add up to more than 481.3 million, in its first week.<\/p>\n

\n\tWho is in the cast of Greta Gerwig\u2019s Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew?<\/p>\n

\n\tNewcomers David McKenna (Netflix\u2019s Lord of the Flies) and Beatrice Campbell will star as Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, the two children at the center of the story. Daniel Craig will portray Uncle Andrew Ketterly, the eccentric uncle who identifies as a magician. Carey Mulligan will play Mabel Kirke, mother of Digory and sister to Andrew. Emma Mackey will portray Jadis, who eventually becomes the White Witch originally portrayed by Tilda Swinton in the 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tEmma Mackey in \u2018Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\tMeryl Streep will, in fact, voice Aslan the lion, which had been rumored for some time.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wanted someone who was profound but not pretentious, who had gravitas but not morose self-seriousness,\u201d Greta Gerwig told Empire<\/a> of her decision in casting Aslan. \u201cSomeone who could communicate depth and pathos as well as joy and delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Greta Gerwig On Why She Chose Meryl Streep To Voice Aslan In \u2018Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child. And also to be one of the greatest actors to ever do it. That list is not a long one,\u201d Gerwig added.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat is The Magician\u2019s Nephew about?<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 1955 novel is the origin story of The Chronicles of Narnia, in which Digory and Beatrice get tricked into using magic rings by Uncle Andrew. The rings transport them between worlds where they witness the birth of Narnia by Aslan as well as accidentally awaken the White Witch, Jadis.<\/p>\n

\n\tWho else is behind Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew movie?<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is produced by Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Vincent Sieber-Smith and Gerwig. The executive producers are Patricia Whitcher and Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams for the C. S. Lewis Estate. The film is co-produced by Christine Crais.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Greta Gerwig On Securing Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cStairway to Heaven\u201d For \u2018Narnia\u2019 Trailer: \u201cThey Too Love C.S. Lewis\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Narnia movie approaches, directed by none other than Barbie (2023) helmer Greta Gerwig. The film will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[265761,96,46541,2839,69793,46542,392,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-c-s-lewis","tag-entertainment","tag-greta-gerwig","tag-movies","tag-narnia","tag-narnia-the-magicians-nephew","tag-netflix","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809949","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=809949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}