IMAX boss | “Not in a rush” to do another deal with Netflix, after Narnia
Netflix and Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film is getting two weeks on IMAX screens next year – but there are fresh hints it was a complex deal.
Greta Gerwig now seems to be firmly on board the planned new take on Cs Lewis’s The Chronicles Of Narnia. She’s going to direct the movie, which Netflix is intending to spend a lot of money on, and have ready for release in December 2026.
Gerwig signed on to direct the Narnia adaptation – possibly two of them – before she’d hit big with Barbie. The rumour mill then suggested that Netflix’s refusal to give the film a theatrical release would lead to her departing. Then there was talk of an IMAX outing too, which is fresh territory for the cinema-averse Netflix. But it looked like everything we sorted, and Narnia will get a two-week exclusive run on IMAX screens.
Yet in an earnings call,...
Greta Gerwig now seems to be firmly on board the planned new take on Cs Lewis’s The Chronicles Of Narnia. She’s going to direct the movie, which Netflix is intending to spend a lot of money on, and have ready for release in December 2026.
Gerwig signed on to direct the Narnia adaptation – possibly two of them – before she’d hit big with Barbie. The rumour mill then suggested that Netflix’s refusal to give the film a theatrical release would lead to her departing. Then there was talk of an IMAX outing too, which is fresh territory for the cinema-averse Netflix. But it looked like everything we sorted, and Narnia will get a two-week exclusive run on IMAX screens.
Yet in an earnings call,...
- 2/20/2025
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
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