Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie is being delayed to 2027... but that's because Netflix is planning its first-ever wide theatrical debut.
Per Deadline, Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is no longer set to hit theaters on November 26 and has been pushed to February 12, 2027... but it's for good reason. Previews for the film will begin in IMAX on February 10 before a global wide release begins on February 12. It'll then hit Netflix on April 2.
This is technically Netflix's second global wide release, with the first being last August's KPop Demon Hunters Singalong, but it's the first film to receive a global wide release before heading to streaming. Other films like Rian Johnson's Knives Out trilogy have received limited theatrical releases before hitting the streamer.
Though long thought to be a reboot of sorts of 2005's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Gerwig's film adapts the sixth book in The Chronicles of Narnia, which is 1955's The Magician's Nephew. The novel, which serves as a prequel, follows two children named Digory (David McKenna) and Polly (Beatrice Campbell) who find themselves trapped in "the wood between the worlds." The cast includes Emma Mackey as Jadis, a witch, Daniel Craig as Digory's Uncle, Carey Mulligan as Digory's mother, as well as Meryl Streep in an unknown role. Gerwig directs from a screenplay she adapted herself.
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