The headlines:
Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep will lead the impressive ensemble.
The film, based on The Magician’s Nephew, CS Lewis’s sixth novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series, will tell the origin story of this magical land.
After a brief delay, the film will land in cinemas on 11 February 2027, before arriving on Netflix on 2 April.
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The details:
Back in April 2025, broke the news that the and star had snagged the coveted part of the supremely frosty and always impeccably dressed villain, so memorably brought to life by Tilda Swinton in the Noughties adaptations of CS Lewis’s beloved books. (Among those who were reportedly in contention for the part? None other than Charli XCX, who was previously the frontrunner for this role, and ’s Margaret Qualley, who ultimately came second to Mackey at the end of the casting process.)
Beatrice Campbell as Polly, Emma Mackey as Jadis, the future White Witch, and David McKenna as Digory in Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew.
The three-time Oscar winner, who was a delightfully austere Aunt March in Gerwig’s , voices Aslan, the benevolent talking lion and god-like guardian of Narnia. Meanwhile, the former Bond is the titular sorcerer in The Magician’s Nephew, and Mulligan the mother of our young lead, Digory (Lord of the Flies’s David McKenna).
The Magician’s Nephew, despite being the sixth book in CS Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series, is actually the first chronologically, and follows two children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer (here played by ’s Beatrice Campbell), who meet while playing in adjacent gardens in London at the turn of the 20th century. Soon, they find themselves in the study of Digory’s uncle, Andrew Ketterley, and when Polly touches a magic ring which causes her to be transported to another world, Andrew admits that he has been dabbling in magic. He gives Digory another ring with which he follows Polly, and their adventures across different dimensions reveal the origins of the White Witch, Narnia itself and the transportive wardrobe in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Beatrice Campbell as Polly and David McKenna as Digory in .
After her spirited directorial debut, , the filmmaker tossed out the rulebook with her time-jumping take on and defied all her doubters on , so it was always safe to assume that this reimagining of the world of , which she has written and helmed, wouldn’t be a traditional franchise reboot. Amy Pascal, who’s producing the new project and previously worked with Gerwig on , made waves in December 2024 when she described it as “a very new take on . It’s all about rock and roll”. Now, the psychedelic first trailer confirms this head-spinning, hallucinatory spirit.
Joining Gerwig? Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, who composed the score for , and will be returning to do the honours this time around, and also costume designer extraordinaire Jacqueline Durran, who has collaborated with the director on her last two movies and is back to craft the White Witch’s eye-popping wardrobe.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Frank, Beatrice Campbell as Polly, Emma Mackey as Jadis, Daniel Craig as Uncle Andrew and David McKenna as Digory in .
was originally due to be released in cinemas on 26 November 2026, before streaming on the platform on Christmas Day. But then, following a production delay, this was pushed back to 10 February 2027 on Imax, then 11 February in all cinemas, and 2 April on Netflix. We can hardly wait.