Netflix Officially Confirms ‘Narnia’ Title and Producers for Gerwig’s Movie

Netflix has officially confirmed several high-level details about Greta Gerwig’s upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia — although not any cast or a logline revealing specific story details, as many fans had hoped.

As part of its What Next? showcase highlighting the streamer’s upcoming slate of films and television shows, Netflix released a new press statement confirming the film’s title, release window, and producing team.

Netflix is preparing to transport audiences to Narnia, the enchanted realm created by author C.S. Lewis, with a feature film unlike anything you’ve ever seen or heard before. 

Written and directed by Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Little Women), the highly anticipated adaptation will debut this year in IMAX theaters in November, ahead of its release on Netflix in December.

Gerwig, whose films have found fresh, original ways into beloved stories, brings her singular vision to Lewis’s iconic world explored in The Chronicles of Narnia series. Filled with mythic battles and unforgettable creatures and characters, the seven-book collection launched in 1950 and has sold more than 115 million copies and been translated into 57 languages worldwide.

While details of the forthcoming film remain locked behind enchanted doors, it’ll be an adventure that invites in both longtime fans and new magic-seekers.

Produced by Gerwig, Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, and Vincent Sieber-Smith, with executive producers Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams for the C.S. Lewis Estate alongside Patty Whitcher, the film will be the first chapter in Netflix’s cinematic journey through Narnia.”

While most of the names attached to the project have been previously reported, the release formally adds Melvin Adams as an executive producer, who has long represented the C.S. Lewis Estate.

Notably, although Gerwig is confirmed to be adapting The Magician’s Nephew as the first film, Netflix continues to present the project simply under the title Narnia, rather than naming the specific book.

The announcement also marks Netflix’s first official press release related to Narnia since 2019, when the streamer revealed that Matthew Aldrich would serve as creative architect on an early iteration of the adaptation. That version of the project ultimately stalled out before Gerwig came on board.