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Sony Pictures Entertainment will handle international distribution for the theatrical release of Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” Netflix said Tuesday.
The epic adventure will be released in IMAX and in theaters
worldwide on Feb. 12, 2027, and will debut on Netflix on April 2, 2027. Sneak previews, exclusively in IMAX, will begin on Feb. 10, 2027.
Netflix will handle domestic distribution for the movie, which will receive a wide release across North America. The film will play in major theatrical chains including AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, Marcus and Harkins, along with thousands of regional and independent theaters.
Netflix and Sony Pictures have a strong track record of partnership, including their landmark global Pay-1 licensing deal under which SPE’s feature films stream on Netflix worldwide — an industry-first for Pay-1 — following their full theatrical and home entertainment windows.
Dan Lin, chairman of Netflix Film, said: “Greta’s ‘Narnia’ is exactly the kind of bold, ambitious filmmaking we love to champion. While most of our films debut on Netflix, sometimes a film like this comes along and we can give the filmmaker a different canvas and fans a theatrical experience that complements its Netflix release. I can’t wait for people to discover ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,’ and then fall in love with it again and again streaming on Netflix.”
Written for the screen and directed by Gerwig, the origin story is the first ever adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s “The Magician’s Nephew” — originally published on May 2, 1955. The film pairs newcomers David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell with an all-star cast that includes Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith with Daniel Craig, Meryl Streep, and more.
“Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” is produced by Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Vincent Sieber-Smith and Gerwig, and executive produced by Patricia Whitcher and Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams for the C. S. Lewis Estate. The film is co-produced by Christine Crais.
