Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Delayed To 2027; Will Avengers Doomsday Take Over IMAX Screens?

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will have to wait a bit longer to see Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew adapted for the big screen. The Greta Gerwig film will now release worldwide on February 12, 2027. The film will premiere on Netflix on April 2, 2027. IMAX sneak previews for the Narnia film will start two days earlier on February 10, 2027. With the book adaptation vacating the Thanksgiving date for IMAX, will Avengers: Doomsday capture the remaining IMAX screens? Currently, the Marvel film is scheduled to release on December 18, 2026, against Dune: Part Three, which has already secured all IMAX screens in the US for the first three weeks.

Narnia pushed back to 2027, will Doomsday seize an opportunity?

While Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew will now release in 2027, it is getting a proper 45-day release window in theatres, which is rare for a Netflix film. Written and directed by Gerwig, The Magician’s Nephew is the first-ever adaptation of the Lewis book and serves as the origin story into Narnia.

Earlier this year, Disney, which owns Marvel, had announced Infinity Vision, a new premium large format (PLF) certification, to lure fans to see Avengers: Doomsday. Dune: Part Three has already booked all the IMAX screens in the US, and if Doomsday does not shift its release date, this is the next best thing. But with Narnia freeing up IMAX screens from Thanksgiving onwards, Doomsday can move up ahead a week or so and capture those screens for a bit?

More about Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew

The CS Lewis book was first published on May 2, 1955. It is a precursor to the events of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which came out in 1950. There are seven Narnia books; they have sold more than 120 million copies globally in more than 60 languages. Newcomers David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell are headlining the big-budget film with cast members Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ciarán Hinds, Denise Gough, Susan Wokoma, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep.

Gerwig is also producing Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew along with Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, and Vincent Sieber-Smith. Patricia Whitcher, Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams are executive producers for the CS Lewis Estate. Mark Ronson will compose the score with Andrew Wyatt, while the music supervision will be by George Drakoulias.The Barbie filmmaker revealed that she first read the book when she was a child and fell in love with it. She shared that a universe built out of music is an idea that always lived in her heart and it was an "honour of a lifetime" to bring the book to life.