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Greta Gerwig To Reportedly Direct Two Narnia Films For Netflix

Barbie and Little Women director Greta Gerwig will reportedly direct two films based on The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix.

Several book series are considered "foundational" when it comes to genres, and The Chronicles of Narnia is absolutely one of those book series. Between 2005 and 2010, three of the books were adapted to the big screen with pretty decent results. The books aren't massive the way that Dune is, so there wasn't a need to cut too much out, and they all have pretty definitive beginnings, middles, and endings, making them pretty ripe for adaptation. However, like all media involving children, the passage of time, delays, and dwindling box office returns got in the way of future movies.

Netflix acquired the rights to make more films and television series based on the books back in 2018, but we haven't heard anything from them yet. It sounds like we finally have some movement, and it comes from a director who might be making a massive splash this summer if the buzz is anything to by; Barbie director Greta Gerwig. Gerwig has spent plenty of time in the indie scene while inching her way into more mainstream films like Little Women back in 2019. She has worked with Netflix in the past as an actor in White Noise, so it's not surprising to hear that they would want to work with her again. Buried in a lengthy article shared by The New Yorker, "There would be other adaptations in her future—she has a deal with Netflix to write and direct at least two films based on C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia""

We're keeping the "reportedly" in the headline because an official announcement hasn't been made, and little tidbits like this ending up in larger articles don't always mean that a film will actually get made. Multiple movies being greenlit also means that Gerwig and everyone else can cast with a longer plan in motion for The Chronicles of Narnia, the same way that Warner Bros. did for Harry Potter many years ago. The passage of time with children is challenging because they grow like weeds, and movies take time to make. It will be interesting to see how Gerwig will set her films apart from the early 2000s adaptations and if she will take them in a wild and weird new direction like she is with Barbie.

Barbie: Summary, Cast List, Release Date

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.

From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig (Little Women, Lady Bird) comes Barbie, starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie (Bombshell, I, Tonya) and Ryan Gosling (La La Land, Half Nelson) as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera (End of Watch, the How to Train Your Dragon films), Kate McKinnon (Bombshell, Yesterday), Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Juno), Ariana Greenblatt (Avengers: Infinity War, 65), Issa Rae (The Photograph, Insecure), Rhea Perlman (I'll See You in My Dreams, Matilda), and Will Ferrell (the Anchorman films, Talladega Nights). The film also stars Ana Cruz Kayne (Little Women), Emma Mackey (Emily, Sex Education), Hari Nef (Assassination Nation, Transparent), Alexandra Shipp (the X-Men films), Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami, Peaky Blinders), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education), Scott Evans (Grace and Frankie), Jamie Demetriou (Cruella), Connor Swindells (Sex Education, Emma), Sharon Rooney (Dumbo, Jerk), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls), Ritu Arya (The Umbrella Academy), Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Dua Lipa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen). Gerwig directed Barbie from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story, The Squid and the Whale), based on Barbie by Mattel. The film's producers are Oscar nominee David Heyman (Marriage Story, Gravity), Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner, with Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Ynon Kreiz, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich, and Cate Adams serving as executive producers. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and released in theaters only nationwide on July 21, 2023, and beginning internationally on July 19, 2023.

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