Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming Narnia film has seen its launch date delayed, however for good purpose, with a significant replace coming alongside the Netflix film.
When is Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film releasing now?
Netflix introduced that Gerwig’s upcoming film, titled Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, is now set to launch on February 12, 2027, as an alternative of its earlier date of Thanksgiving. Nevertheless, the shift comes with big information, as Netflix additionally introduced that the film is getting a full, broad theatrical launch window alongside it.
This marks the primary time the streamer has dedicated to a full, broad launch for one among its motion pictures (second for those who depend the KPop Demon Hunters Singalong launch). Not like previous releases, it is a authentic theatrical launch, with the film not releasing on Netflix till April 2, 2027, virtually 50 days after its performed in theaters.
A report from Deadline notes that Gerwig has “at all times wished” a theatrical launch for the film, and it looks like Netflix has agreed its time to enter the world of theatrical launch. It’s unclear if this implies extra Netflix motion pictures will launch in theaters like this, however CEO Ted Sarandos has mentioned for months now he was real about getting extra of his motion pictures into theaters.
As for why the film was delayed, Deadline experiences {that a} member of the movie’s solid was injured, and thus manufacturing halted for six weeks. Because of this, the movie wouldn’t have hit its unique launch date of Thanksgiving in 2026, and moved again a couple of months.
The upcoming film is predicated on the 1955 novel of the identical title by C.S. Lewis, which is the sixth of seven novels printed within the bigger The Chronicles of Narnia story. The e-book acts as a prequel to the primary sequence, and focuses largely on the creation of the world of Narnia, amongst different issues.
“Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig brings C. S. Lewis’s beloved story The Magician’s Nephew to the display for the primary time in a sweeping journey that invitations dreamers of all ages to expertise the creation of Narnia,” reads the movie’s official synopsis.
Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew contains a star-studded solid, which incorporates David McKenna, Beatrice Campbell, Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Ciarán Hinds, Daniel Craig, Meryl Streep, Denise Gough, Susan Wokomna, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. The film will even function an unique rating by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, who beforehand labored with Gerwig on Barbie.
