Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ film for large theatrical push in 2027

Audiences should wait a couple of months longer to look “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the discharge date driven again from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027.

Along with relaunching “Narnia” on giant monitors and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first movie since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” additionally seems like your next step in Netflix’s dating with film theaters — and it’s turning into a good larger step with the prolong.

The corporate had up to now mentioned “The Magician’s Nephew” would play completely on Imax monitors for no less than two weeks earlier than a streaming free up for Christmas. That will be an formidable theatrical free up by way of Netflix’s requirements, however moderately restricted in comparison to many different Hollywood blockbusters.

Now, Netflix says “The Magician’s Nephew” will start unique Imax previews on February 10, 2027, adopted by way of a large world free up in theaters on February 12. (In Netflix’s phrases, it’s going to be a “world eventized free up.”) The film gained’t get started streaming till April 2.

The corporate’s announcement doesn’t get extra explicit about which theaters can be appearing “The Magician’s Nephew,” however Imax launched a remark noting that the prolong will permit the movie to have “a complete theatrical window,” so the most important theater chains are not going to whinge

In reality, AMC Theatres just lately highlighted the good fortune of  its“Stranger Issues” finale screenings and mentioned it has plans for extra collaborations with Netflix. On the similar time, the streamer’s restricted toughen for theatrical releases and its resistance to unique theatrical home windows was once reportedly a “dealbreaker” in negotiations with the creators of “Stranger Issues,” who in the end signed an unique handle Paramount.

With a solid that incorporates Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep, “The Magician’s Nephew” adapts probably the most later books in C.S. Lewis’ vintage delusion collection —  a prequel that lays out the origins of Narnia.

In Netflix’s announcement, Gerwig mentioned she first learn the e-book as a kid, when she “fell in love with the gorgeously incredible however totally sensible thought of a cosmic lion making a song the arena of Narnia to lifestyles.”