The marketing campaign for the long-awaited new film adaptation of Narnia from the screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Lady Bird) y Netflixtitled Narnia: The Magician’s Nephewofficially starts with the first poster debut and an exciting promise: the first trailer debuts tomorrow.
Narnia: The Wizard's Nephewby its title in our region, is the sixth novel in the CS Lewis saga, published in May 1955, and the first in chronological order of the saga. It works as a prequel to the most famous Narnia book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The setting will move forward a few years, to the 1950s, instead of the early 20th century as in the books.
In this installment, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer embark on an otherworldly adventure and witness the creation of Narnia along the way. Thanks to the magical incursions of their uncle Andrew, they free the evil White Witch.
The film brings together debutants David McKenna y Beatrice Campbell with a stellar cast that includes Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Barbie) as Jadis, the White Witch, Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) as Digory Kirke's mother, Daniel Craig (Knives Out, Skyfall) as Andrew Ketterley, Denise Gough (Andor), Kobna Holdbrook-Smithand the iconic Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan, the Great Lion, King of Kings.
Netflix will be partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment to go Narnia: The Wizard's Nephewto theaters in all markets outside the United States. It will then be Sony Pictures the studio in charge of the global launch of the film in the international marketwhile Netflix will be in charge of distribution in theaters in the United States.
The film will mark Netflix's first major theatrical release, and its first foray into exclusive theatrical release for a minimum of 45 days. It was originally scheduled to premiere on November 26 exclusively on 1,000 IMAX screens, followed by its Netflix debut on December 25, however the release was postponed to February 12, 2027.
The traditional theatrical release was something that Gerwig fought for, and after some internal disputes with Netflix, the filmmaker managed to be granted a wide release on the big screen, including IMAX screens.
Regarding its distribution in the United States, Netflix will bring it to the country's main theater chains, such as AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, Marcus and Harkins, as well as thousands of regional and independent theaters.
Greta Gerwig, Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, and Vincent Sieber-Smith are producers, with executive producers including Patricia Whitcher, Douglas Gresham, and Melvin Adams.
The new trilogy of Narnia was announced by Netflix in 2018, adding Gerwig as writer and director in 2020.
Narnia is Gerwig's third solo directorial project, and her first since the 2023 hit, Barbie –WB's highest-grossing film with $1.44 billion. His other two films were acclaimed Lady Bird (2017) y Little Women (2019).
Narnia: The Wizard's Nephew in theaters and in IMAX on February 12, 2027.
Official poster:
Source: https://cine3.com/primer-poster-narnia-the-magicians-nephew-greta-gerwig-netflix/
