Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Barbie is coming quickly, and it happens in an extremely various (but just as fantastical) cosmos.
Netflix went down the very first trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew , Gerwig’s adjustment of C.S. Lewis’ innovator to his Chronicles of Narnia publications, on Oct. 13
“I was a kid when I first checked out The Illusionist’s Nephew , and I fell in love with the gorgeously improbable but completely brilliant idea of a cosmic lion singing the globe of Narnia to life,” Gerwig stated in a statement shared by Netflix. “I really did not understand that I would certainly grow up to make films, yet a cosmos developed out of music is an idea that constantly stayed in my heart.”
The trailer leans right into that concept with a rock-and-roll spirit, a significant separation from the previous Narnia films. Led Zeppelin’s “Staircase to Heaven” plays as young good friends Polly and Digory (Beatrice Campbell and David McKenna) take a dynamic journey through Narnia’s beginnings. The band had never let the tune be utilized in a film previously, Gerwig claimed throughout a Q&A at an IMAX preview of the movie. The trailer likewise provides an initial look at various other vital personalities, including Digory’s Uncle Andrew (Daniel Craig), the White Witch (Emma Mackey), and Aslan the Lion (articulated by Meryl Streep).
“As A Result Of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia , I relied on magic and surprise worlds and adventure,” Gerwig claimed. “I believed that anywhere might be charmed and that anyone can be scooped into a legendary. That wonder and awe was readily available to every person, even average people like me … it changed me.”
Traditional rock isn’t the only means Gerwig is putting her very own spin on Narnia. As the trailer reveals and as the filmmaker teased in a current interview with Empire , this variation of The Illusionist’s Nephew is embeded in the 1950 s. Lewis’ prequel originally took place in the early 1900 s, which set up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to unfold during World War II.
The timeline change suggests Gerwig’s future Narnia motion pictures could land closer to modern-day times. Narnia: The Illusionist’s Nephew gets here in movie theaters on Feb. 12, 2027, followed by its Netflix launch on April 2, 2027
