Given the success of The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series in the 2000s, it seemed like a movie adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia would be a slam-dunk. But when Disney attempted to launch a franchise with 2005’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the studio only managed to adapt three of the seven books before production was halted by the sudden tragic passing of co-producer Perry Moore.
Now, two decades later, the beloved children’s books are getting a new lease on life thanks to a popular director... and she’s working with Netflix on a new strategy that might dodge around the mistakes of Disney’s failed attempt.
