Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027
Source: TechCrunch
Summary
Audiences will have to wait a few months longer to see “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the release date pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027.
Release date and theatrical window
Netflix now says the film will begin exclusive IMAX previews on February 10, 2027, followed by a wide global theatrical release on February 12 (described as a “global eventized release”). The movie won’t start streaming until April 2, 2027.
The delay will allow the film to have “a full theatrical window,” according to an IMAX statement, meaning major theater chains are expected to show the movie.
Netflix’s theatrical strategy
Netflix previously announced that the film would play exclusively on IMAX screens for at least two weeks before a streaming release for Christmas. The new schedule expands that window, aligning with Netflix’s growing relationship with movie theaters.
AMC Theatres recently highlighted the success of its “Stranger Things” finale screenings and indicated plans for more collaborations with Netflix. However, Netflix’s limited support for exclusive theatrical windows was reportedly a “dealbreaker” in negotiations with the creators of “Stranger Things,” who ultimately signed an exclusive deal with Paramount.
Cast and source material
The film features a high‑profile cast that includes Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep. It adapts one of the later books in C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series—a prequel that lays out the origins of Narnia.
Netflix announcement
In the announcement, writer‑director Greta Gerwig said she first read the book as a child, when she “fell in love with the gorgeously improbable but completely brilliant concept of a cosmic lion singing the world of Narnia to life.”