Emma Mackey is on board for Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming Narnia adaptation for Netflix.
The Intercourse Schooling star will tackle the function of the White Witch, the first villain of the story, who was beforehand performed by Tilda Swinton in 2005’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Per Selection, Mackey will be a part of Meryl Streep, who’s in talks to play Aslan – the speaking lion who serves as Narnia’s guardian and information for the human youngsters who enter its world.
It marks her second time working with Gerwig, after she was forged in 2024’s Barbie.
Gerwig wrote the script and is directing the movie, which can reportedly be an adaptation of the sixth novel of the sequence, The Magician’s Nephew.
The movie is presently slated to open in Imax on Thanksgiving Day 2026 (November 26), the place the movie will display worldwide — and completely — for 2 weeks prematurely of the movie’s debut on Netflix across the following Christmas.
In 2018, Netflix introduced it could develop new sequence and movie tasks based mostly on C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia novels, and Gerwig was introduced on board in 2020 to adapt and direct. With the challenge nonetheless within the very early phases of growth, particulars stay scarce.
“C.S. Lewis’ beloved Chronicles of Narnia stories have resonated with generations of readers around the globe,” mentioned Netflix’s chief content material officer Ted Sarandos on the time of the acquisition.
“Households have fallen in love with characters like Aslan and your complete world of Narnia, and we’re thrilled to be their residence for years to return.”
It was then revealed final 12 months that Gerwig would write and direct two movies within the Chronicles Of Narnia universe for the streaming service in coming years, signalling the beginning of a bigger transfer from Netflix to create a number of films and TV reveals within the franchise.
That is Gerwig’s first challenge since delivering Warner Bros. its highest-grossing film ever, Barbie ($1.44 billion), which additionally landed an Oscar win for Billie Eilish and Finneas’ unique music ‘What Was I Made For?’ Charli XCX’s music ‘Velocity Drive’ was additionally a part of the movie’s soundtrack.
It was beforehand rumoured that Charli XCX was among the many prime selections for the function, having labored with Gerwig in an Uber Eats Tremendous Bowl advert alongside Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Bacon, Sean Evans, and Martha Stewart. The advert, which performed at this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl, hooked onto the concept American soccer is all a conspiracy to make folks hungry.
