‘Barbie’ Director Greta Gerwig Makes Bold Promises for ‘Narnia’ Movies, Netflix Exec Says Films Will Be ‘Rooted in Faith’

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February 26, 2024

Greta Gerwig is trading in hot pink heels for a lion, a witch, and a wardrobe.

The director of the box-office hit “Barbie” said during a recent interview with Time her goal in creating new film adaptations of C.S. Lewis’ “Narnia” for Netflix is to give viewers a “magical … re-enchantment of the world.”

What are you trying to accomplish with the Narnia movies? Re-enchantment of the world. pic.twitter.com/WuJPfYqc2j— Aaron Earls (@WardrobeDoor) February 22, 2024

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos described Gerwig, who is coming off a billion-dollar success in “Barbie,” as an “incredible visionary,” and went on to vow the coming “Narnia” films will be true to the source material.

“It wont be counter to how the audience may have imagined those worlds, but it will be bigger and bolder than they thought,” he said, noting the movies will be “rooted in faith.”

Gerwig, 40, is a fan of Lewis’ works.

“I would say the two big books of my childhood were‘Little Women’and the‘Narnia’ books,” she said. “So I had that, you know, instant excitement, but instant terror that comes from trying to tackle something that has shaped me.”

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She explained she is drawn to Lewis’ “euphorically dreamlike” stories.

“Its connected to the folklore and fairy stories of England, but its a combination of different traditions,” Gerwig said. “As a child, you accept the whole thing — that youre in this land of Narnia, theres fauns, and then FatherChristmasshows up. It doesnt even occur to you that its not schematic. Im interested in embracing the paradox of the worlds that Lewis created, because thats whats so compelling about them.”

According to Screen Rant, filming for the Netflix films is slated to begin later this year.

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