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

Audiences should wait just a few months longer to see “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the discharge date pushed again from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027.

Along with relaunching “Narnia” on large screens and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first movie since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” additionally appears like the subsequent step in Netflix’s relationship with film theaters — and it’s changing into a fair larger step with the delay.

The corporate had beforehand stated “The Magician’s Nephew” would play solely on Imax screens for a minimum of two weeks earlier than a streaming launch for Christmas. That might be an formidable theatrical launch by Netflix’s requirements, however comparatively restricted in comparison with many different Hollywood blockbusters.

Now, Netflix says “The Magician’s Nephew” will start unique Imax previews on February 10, 2027, adopted by a large international launch in theaters on February 12. (In Netflix’s phrases, will probably be a “international eventized launch.”) The film gained’t begin streaming till April 2.

The corporate’s announcement doesn’t get extra particular about which theaters will probably be exhibiting “The Magician’s Nephew,” however Imax launched an announcement noting that the delay will enable the movie to have “a full theatrical window,” so the foremost theater chains are unlikely to complain

In truth, AMC Theatres not too long ago highlighted the success of  its“Stranger Issues” finale screenings and stated it has plans for extra collaborations with Netflix. On the similar time, the streamer’s restricted help for theatrical releases and its resistance to unique theatrical home windows was reportedly a “dealbreaker” in negotiations with the creators of “Stranger Issues,” who finally signed an unique cope with Paramount.

With a solid that features Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep, “The Magician’s Nephew” adapts one of many later books in C.S. Lewis’ basic fantasy sequence —  a prequel that lays out the origins of Narnia.

In Netflix’s announcement, Gerwig stated she first learn the e-book as a toddler, when she “fell in love with the gorgeously inconceivable however fully sensible idea of a cosmic lion singing the world of Narnia to life.”