Meryl Streep is our next Aslan. “I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child,” Greta Gerwig told Empire in a first-look. Oh, and it had to be one of the greatest actors to play the role. Enter Streep.
We’re learning more about Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, and if the Streep casting was news to you, here’s everything else we know about the adaptation so far:
- David Bowie helped inspire Aslan’s look and the essence of the film
- In addition to Streep, the cast includes Daniel Craig, Carey Mulligan, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Empire published an exclusive first-look at the film’s rock opera stylings
Narnia is literally a world made out of music. It is a world sung to life by Aslan, and rock ’n’ roll to me felt like a world made out of music.”
— Greta Gerwig
- The film is set in post-war 1950s Britain
- The adaptation is based on the 6th book in the series, but the story chronologically comes first
- It will be Netflix’s first movie to get a wide theatrical release
- It premieres in theaters and IMAX on February 12, 2027 with sneak previews on February 10th
- Its streaming release is set for April 2, 2027
- It’s been about 15 years since release of the last Narnia adaption, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Gerwig has brought the Barbie composers back to create the original Narnia score
- Gerwig read the source material as a child
I’m willing to get over my enduring fear of the White Witch to watch this one.
