"Short of Christopher Nolan signing on to the new Mr Men movie, I didn't think much would throw the industry a loop as when Greta Gerwig decided to follow up bubblegum blockbuster Barbie with ... a Narnia movie. More specifically, Gerwig previously a skilled purveyor of achingly hip alt-indie comedy with Lady Bird, Frances Ha and Damsels in Distress is restarting the Narnia series, which had got through three of CS Lewis's series before Netflix took over the rights."
"To my mind, though, The Magician's Nephew, Lewis's origins/prequel to the Wardrobe/Caspian/Dawn Treader narrative, is the most interesting of the entire Narnia canon, with its Edenic fall, deplorable word and mystical apple. We know some of the cast: Emma Mackey is the future White Witch, Carey Mulligan the terminally ill mother of one of the main kids, and Daniel Craig might be Aslan or mad inventor Uncle Andrew or both, or neither."
Greta Gerwig is directing a restart of the Narnia series with The Magician's Nephew, shifting from her previous indie comedies and following Barbie. The Magician's Nephew is presented as an origins/prequel with Edenic themes, a fall, and a mystical apple, and key cast members include Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan and Daniel Craig in a role that could be Aslan, Uncle Andrew, or both. Denis Villeneuve has fast-tracked Dune: Messiah after suggesting he might step away from Dune following two half-book adaptations, with the final chapter currently slated for release this December and facing major box-office competition.
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