Once Greta Gerwig has put the toys away following the kid-at-Christmas excitement for her latest directorial effort Barbie, the Oscar-nominated Little Women helmer will once again pick up a book to write-and-direct at least two films based on C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix.
According to an article in The New Yorker, in which the contents of Mattel’s cinematic universe is laid out, including Barbie, Boglins and Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney adaptation, it was revealed that Gerwig has inked a deal with Netflix to write and direct at least two of the potential seven films based on C. S. Lewis’s fantasy novels The Chronicles of Narnia.
In 2018 Netflix acquired the rights to all things Narnia in a multi-year deal with The C.S. Lewis Company to produce television series and feature films based on the popular books.
The wardrobe was closed on Disney and Walden Media’s big-screen adaptations when 2010’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader spluttered to $415 million worldwide, which was well-below 2005’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which took on Peter Jackson’s King Kong at the Christmas box-office and won with a $745 million global haul.
At this stage there is no further information on Gerwig’s The Chronicles of Narnia bar this confirmation, but let us know if you’re ready for another visit to see Mr. Tumnus, or if the thought of Aslan and that stone table has you reaching for the remote, by heading to our social channels @FlickeringMyth…
Directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women), the Barbie movie sees Robbie and Gosling’s iconic toy couple joined by a bumper cast that includes Will Ferrell (Step Brothers), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Kate McKinnon (Bombshell), America Ferrera (Superstore), Ariana Greenblatt (Love and Monsters), Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Alexandra Shipp (tick, tick… BOOM!), Issa Rae (The Lovebirds), Michael Cera (Arrested Development), Hari Nef (And Just Like That…), Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education), Emerald Fennell (The Crown), Sharon Rooney (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), Scott Evans (Grace and Frankie), Ana Cruz Kayne (Little Women), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Ritu Arya (The Umbrella Academy), Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag) and Helen Mirren (Shazam! Fury of the Gods).
Barbie is set for release on July 21st, 2023.
