- Netflix has released the first trailer for Greta Gerwig ’s film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew, which is scheduled for release in cinemas on 12 February before arriving on the streaming platform on 2 April.
- The trailer has strongly divided fans on social media due to its glam rock aesthetic set to “Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven”, with critics accusing Netflix of disrespecting the source material.
- Despite the criticism, several fans and commentators praised Gerwig's vision and lauded the choice to adapt the chronological origin story first rather than beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
- In a statement, filmmaker Greta Gerwig described the project as the honour of a lifetime, citing her childhood love for C.S. Lewis’s concept of a cosmic lion singing a magical world into existence.
- If the forthcoming movie is successful, Gerwig intends to adapt further instalments of The Chronicles of Narnia series for Netflix.
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