Netflix's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew delayed to 2027
Netflix's upcoming Narnia film, The Magician's Nephew, directed by Greta Gerwig, has been delayed from November 2026 to a February 2027 theatrical release. The film will have a seven-week theatrical run before streaming on Netflix in April 2027, marking a rare wide cinema release for a Netflix original. It will be the first live-action adaptation of C.S. Lewis's prequel novel, which explores the origins of the Narnia world.
- ▪Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is now set for a theatrical release on February 12, 2027, with early IMAX showings starting February 10.
- ▪The film will stream on Netflix starting April 2, 2027, following a seven-week theatrical run.
- ▪Greta Gerwig, director of Barbie, is helming the project, marking her first foray into adapting The Chronicles of Narnia.
- ▪The Magician's Nephew is a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and details the creation of Narnia by Aslan.
- ▪This will be the first live-action adaptation of the book, though previous Narnia books have been adapted multiple times.
- ▪Netflix acquired the rights to C.S. Lewis's works in 2018 after Walden Media's earlier film trilogy concluded.
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