Netflix released the first trailer for Greta Gerwig's fantasy adaptation Narnia: The Magician's Nephew. The production uses a budget of $200 million and will be the first wide theatrical release in Netflix history.

  • Written and directed by Greta Gerwig based on the 1955 novel by C.S. Lewis.
  • Theatrical and IMAX release is scheduled for February 12, 2027, with a Netflix streaming launch on April 2, 2027.
  • The cast includes David McKenna, Beatrice Campbell, Daniel Craig, Emma Mackey, and Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan.
  • The trailer features Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven,' cleared personally by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.

Directorial Vision and Adaptation

Greta Gerwig adapted the story from the original text. She spoke about her lifelong connection to the material.

"I was a child when I first read The Magician's Nephew, and I fell in love with the gorgeously improbable but completely brilliant concept of a cosmic lion singing the world of Narnia to life. I didn’t know that I would grow up to make films, but a universe built out of music is an idea that always lived in my heart. It is the honor of a lifetime to be asked to imagine it into being. Because of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, I believed in magic and hidden worlds and adventure. I believed that anywhere could be enchanted and that anyone could be swept up into an epic. That wonder and awe was available to everyone, even ordinary people like me... It transformed me."

Greta Gerwig, Director and Screenwriter

Supporting Cast

The ensemble features Carey Mulligan, Ciarán Hinds, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Denise Gough, and Susan Wokoma.