Sony To Handle International Theatrical Distribution On Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’

Sony Pictures Entertainment will handle the international theatrical release of Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew.

The film will be released in IMAX and in theaters worldwide on February 12, 2027, and will debut on Netflix on April 2, 2027. The streamer has said previews of the film will screen exclusively on IMAX, starting on February 10, 2027. Netflix will handle domestic distribution.

Sony and Netflix have an existing partnership. In January, the two companies locked a $7 billion-plus worldwide Pay-1 licensing deal under which SPE’s feature films stream on Netflix worldwide following their full theatrical and home entertainment windows. Netflix and Universal also have a U.S. Pay-1B window deal, set to begin in 2027.

Narnia is effectively the second wide theatrical release for Netflix after last August’s KPop Demon Hunters Singalong. That film delivered the streamer’s first No. 1 weekend take at the domestic B.O. with $19M.

The Magician’s Nephew is based on C.S. Lewis’ 1955 novel. The cast is led by newcomers David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell, alongside Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, with Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep.

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is produced by Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Vincent Sieber-Smith, and Gerwig, and executive produced by Patricia Whitcher, Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams for the C. S. Lewis Estate. The film is co-produced by Christine Crais.

The film is set to feature an original score by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, who previously worked with Gerwig on Barbie.

Dan Lin, Chairman of Netflix Film, described Greta’s Narnia as “bold and ambitious filmmaking” in a statement.

“While most of our films debut on Netflix, sometimes a film like this comes along and we can give the filmmaker a different canvas and fans a theatrical experience that complements its Netflix release,” Lin said. “I can’t wait for people to discover Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, and then fall in love with it again and again streaming on Netflix.”