Greta Gerwig’s upcoming adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is set to fill a key role as Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) in talks to join the film per The Hollywood Reporter.
The new Narnia films from Gerwig and Netflix will follow a different format than the previous films by beginning this adaptation chronologically rather than the novels’ release order. Gerwig will direct The Magician’s Nephew, the sixth book in the Narnia series, as the entry point that depicts the events before The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and how Narnia was shaped into the land it was by the time of that book.
The Magician’s Nephew will follows “two youngsters who, thanks to an uncle’s magic dabbling, unleash the evil White Witch into a turn of the 20th century London.” Mulligan will play “the very sick mother of Digory, one of the two kids in the adventure.”
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew will be written and directed by Gerwig. Production will begin next year and is set for an exclusive two-week Imax global run for Thanksgiving 2026 before streaming on Netflix.
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