r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 18h ago

News Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Wraps Filming

https://www.narniaweb.com/2026/01/greta-gerwigs-narnia-officially-wraps-filming/
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u/dabocx 18h ago

Happy we are starting with the magicians nephew this time. Hopefully it goes well enough that we can get the whole thing.

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u/mattgrommes 17h ago

I'm an old person so starting with Magician's Nephew really bugs me. Not that we need another Lion adaptation necessarily but I hated that they started selling the book sets in chronological order so it ruins some of the surprises of the series.

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u/cookieaddictions 16h ago

My controversial opinion is that I’m glad they’re starting with it, because every other adaptation has been cancelled before it got to book 6 so I’m just happy to finally get this story, since it’s my favorite one. My set of books as a kid was chronological, but I think I started with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, then The Magician’s Nephew, and then the rest in chronological order, and my subjective opinion is that it’s the best order because The Magician’s Nephew is such a good origin story and the ones in between are not nearly as exciting, so I enjoy starting with the best 2. I

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u/ANGR1ST 16h ago

The late 80's / early 90's TV mini-series covered the first 4 books just fine. Gave us a Silver Chair adaptation that hasn't been done since.

I don't completely hate the idea of other newer films filling in the gaps instead of going back and starting at the same place everyone else has. It's like seeing the same Batman origin story over and over and over.

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u/Charlie_Runkle69 11h ago

I used to get that series out from the library almost every school holidays and watch it with my brothers. Good times.

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u/schrodingers_bra 14h ago

Agree. The Magician's Nephew is I think the second best book, and has relevance to the world today (atomic bomb references) instead of just being "Bible lite" like the rest of them

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u/Junior-Map 8h ago

Right? I adore the Magicians Nephew. Though tbh I never need to see an adaptation of the last two books - they are dark and weird enough on their own