Netflix just gave Narnia fans their first look at Greta Gerwig’s
The Magician’s Nephew
, and the trailer arrived right on the heels of an exclusive IMAX sneak peek in New York, where Stephen Colbert interviewed the director in front of a packed room. Gerwig, a lifelong Narnia reader, explained she’s starting the series with the creation story because a note from C.S. Lewis suggested beginning there, and she grounded the film in the intimate story of Digory’s dying mother, reflecting Lewis’s own childhood loss.The details that got the internet talking are big ones. Meryl Streep is voicing Aslan, and Gerwig addressed anxious fans directly by referring to the character as“he”throughout the event, putting the re-gendering rumors to rest. She also revealed that the film features the first-ever use of Led Zeppelin’s“Stairway to Heaven”in a movie, with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page giving their personal approval, and a rock-opera musical approach from composers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.
Gerwig told the room,“I would not be who I am without these books. They created me,”and noted that faith has been a thread through all of her work. IMAX previews begin February 10, 2027, with the theatrical release February 12 and the Netflix debut April 2. So which are you more excited for: Streep’s Aslan, or hearing“Stairway to Heaven”on the big screen for the first time ever?
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