Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ film for large 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 huge screens and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first movie since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” additionally seems like the subsequent step in Netflix’s relationship with film theaters — and it’s turning into an excellent greater step with the delay.

The corporate had beforehand stated “The Magician’s Nephew” would play completely on Imax screens for at the least two weeks earlier than a streaming launch for Christmas. That may 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 world launch in theaters on February 12. (In Netflix’s phrases, it is going to be a “world eventized launch.”) The film received’t begin streaming till April 2.

The corporate’s announcement doesn’t get extra particular about which theaters might 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 main 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 identical time, the streamer’s restricted assist 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 take care of Paramount.

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

In Netflix’s announcement, Gerwig stated she first learn the ebook as a baby, when she “fell in love with the gorgeously unbelievable however fully good idea of a cosmic lion singing the world of Narnia to life.”