Narnia: The Magicians Nephew trailer has arrived, and its epic
Netflix is breaking from its streaming service standard in a big way, as in IMAX .
Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew will be released in IMAX theaters worldwide for a 50-day window in 2027.
And Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko was among the clutch of film critics and reporters who were granted a sneak peek of Barbie director Greta Gerwig’s latest in IMAX at AMC Lincoln Center in New York on Tuesday morning.
Netflix premiered the trailer, which fans can now see above, along with some behind-the-scenes footage.
Plus, Gerwig herself was in attendance to answer some questions from Stephen Colbert.
Gerwig shared with the audience how C.S.
Lewis’s Narnia books have been a huge influence on her, as they were read to her before she could read on her own.
"I would not be who I am without these books," she told Colbert of her reverence.
Then, once she’d learned to read, she read them over and over, eventually reveling in the BBC TV series adaptation, of which she said, "No notes…I think it’s amazing and I love the beaver costumes." To prepare for adapting The Magician’s Nephew , Gerwig tried to walk in Lewis's footsteps.
She reread all the Narnia books, along with his other works and works by authors he loved.
She traveled to his stomping grounds of in Oxford, Cambridge, and Belfast “to align myself to what his interior life would be.” She also “ate a lot of Turkish Delight in prep for this film.” What is Narnia: The Magician's Nephew? The film, written and helmed by Gerwig, is based on The Magician ' s Nephew, the sixth novel in C.S.
Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series and the first in chronological order.
The book, which begins in 1900 — 40 years before the events of the first published Narnia novel — centers on 12-year-old Digory Kirke and his friend Polly Plummer, who travel to another world with the help of a mysterious ring.
However, Gerwig’s version will shift the timeline to the 1950s, which could make for some curious obstacles if Netflix continues the film series.
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