Susan, Peter and Lucy Pevensie, three of the four siblings who star in the Disney saga
Streaming platform will reinvent the franchise with Greta Gerwig at the helm. We already have an intriguing clue about the films inspired by CS Lewis’ short stories.
Who doesn’t remember that magical wardrobe that took little Lucy to an unknown world?
Netflix will breathe new life into the franchise “The Chronicles of Narnia” common reboot complete, led by director Greta Gerwig, who was recently in the spotlight for her success with the film “” about the famous doll.
Gerwig plans to adapt the beloved fantasy series into at least two films, in a fresh start for the iconic stories originally written by CS Lewis.
Details about the remakes announcements have been thin on the ground since the initial announcement, and Gerwig is still in the script-writing phase. Actress Saoirse Ronan revealed in October on Jimmy Kimmel’s show that she had not yet been contacted for the project, indicating that it is still in the early stages of development.
However, a intriguing clue already emerged about the direction of the project.
In an article for The Week, actor Jason Isaacs referred The Magician’s Nephew as one of his favorite books and mentioned that Gerwig is “about to make a movie of it,” an odd slip-up since Netflix hasn’t officially revealed which Narnia book will kick off the new films.
Written in 1955, The Magician’s Nephew serves as a prequel to the original series, exploring the origins of Narnia and key elements such as the creation of the magical wardrobe. While the first three Narnia films, released in the 2000s, followed the publication order of the books, starting with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the adaptation of “The Magician’s Nephew” would follow the chronology of the series.
Fans of the series have long debated the ideal order to read the books: the publication order, which emphasizes narrative suspense, or the chronological order, which provides a linear progression of events. By choosing the prequel as her starting point, Gerwig risks losing some of the dramatic tension that drew readers and audiences to the magical world of Narnia, believes.
