Narnia's next big-screen adventure is going back to the beginning. The first poster for Greta Gerwig's The Magician's Nephew puts a star-filled Aslan above two riders on a winged horse, setting the mood for a story about a world's creation.
What's on Netflix reported the artwork reveal on 12 October, ahead of the announced trailer release. The poster is a marketing reveal, not a scene-by-scene account of the finished film.
For viewers whose strongest Narnia memory is a wardrobe opening into snow, the choice of book is the interesting change. Netflix says this is the first screen adaptation of The Magician's Nephew, the origin story that leads towards the events of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A new pair of young leads
David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell play Digory and Polly. The cast also includes Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep, with Gerwig writing and directing the film.
Netflix's earlier production announcement names Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for the original score, reuniting them with the filmmaker after Barbie. The story's creation theme gives that musical connection an especially intriguing place in the project.
The cinema release comes before Netflix
The announced global plan puts the film in IMAX and cinemas on 12 February 2027, followed by Netflix on 2 April. IMAX sneak previews are scheduled to begin on 10 February.
Those are the distributor's announced release dates; individual Malaysian cinema listings still need to be checked when bookings appear. It is not arriving on the streaming service this month.
For now, the poster offers a first impression of how Gerwig's film wants to introduce its world. The finished adventure will have to make that sense of wonder work beyond a single striking image.
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