A Draft Of Greta Gerwig's CHRONICLES OF NARNIA Script Was Completed Prior To BARBIE

A Draft Of Greta Gerwig's CHRONICLES OF NARNIA Script Was Completed Prior To BARBIE

The desired schedule that Netflix wants for the release of Greta Gerwig's first Chronicles of Narnia film makes more sense now that it's known that a screenplay has already been finished.

By MarkJulian - Feb 24, 2024 09:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Netflix
Source: SFFGazette.com

Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig is revealing a few new details about her upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis' epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia in her Woman of the Year profile for Time Magazine.

Though it's unknown exactly how many of Lewis's Narnia books (there were seven in total) will be covered, Gerwig has committed to directing at least two movies.

It seems that before she even set foot on the Barbie set, Gerwig prepared a draft of the Narnia movie. Her intention was to dive straight into the Netflix adaptation after finishing the billion-dollar film.

"Knowing that I’d laid the groundwork for Narnia and wanted to return to it—that’s probably something I set up for myself psychologically. Because I know the right thing, for me anyway, is to keep making movies. Whatever happens, good or bad, you’ve got to keep going," said Gerwig.

Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s CEO teased, "It won’t be counter to how the audience may have imagined those worlds but it will be bigger and bolder than they thought."  He went on to add that the adaptation will be, "rooted in faith."

Briefly jumping  into her views on the texts, Gerwig disclosed, "It’s connected to the folklore and fairy stories of England, but it’s a combination of different traditions,” she says.“As a child, you accept the whole thing—that you’re in this land of Narnia, there’s fauns, and then Father Christmas shows up. It doesn’t even occur to you that it’s not schematic. I’m interested in embracing the paradox of the worlds that Lewis created, because that’s what’s so compelling about them."

In a previous interview, Gerwig disclosed, "I’m slightly in the place of terror because I really do have such reverence for Narnia. I loved Narnia so much as a child. As an adult, C.S. Lewis is a thinker and a writer. I’m intimidated by doing this. It’s something that feels like a worthy thing to be intimidated by.

As a non-British person, I feel a particular sense of wanting to do it correctly… it’s like when Americans do Shakespeare, there’s a slight feeling of reverence and as if maybe we should treat it with extra care. It is not our countryman.

Stuber said last year that, if Gerwig can finish the script in time, the streamer would want to see the first movie released in 2024. However, the likelihood of that happening is dwindling by the day.

With a production budget of $180 million, Disney's 2005 Narnia adaptation was a box office success, grossing $745 million worldwide. However, the studio witnessed declining profits on the next two entries. 

Despite low box office returns, a film adaptation of the fourth book, The Silver Chair, was also in the works before Netflix intervened with plans to reboot the well-liked children's fantasy books.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 2/24/2024, 9:40 AM
I forgot that this is being done by Netflix. did they cast the lion yet?
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/24/2024, 10:19 AM
@harryba11zack - is that a google gemini image?
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 2/24/2024, 11:58 AM
@Ryguy88 - I'm dead. Lol
Evansly
Evansly - 2/24/2024, 9:41 AM
Some people are going to hate this before seeing it
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/24/2024, 5:17 PM
@Evansly - well yeah. The odds of it not being a botched abortion aren't high mate.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 2/25/2024, 9:22 AM
@Evansly - They started hating it the second they saw Greta Gerwig attached. No reason, just white hot misogyny.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 2/24/2024, 10:15 AM
If you read Lord of the Rings, you can easily see it being adapted to film/show. Narnia on the other hand is far more difficult since you’re not dealing with the same characters throughout and it isn’t an A to Z story. It’s more like A to C, Č to Ř, G to N, L to S, and finalizes with a great conclusion.

Plus you have to deal with the possibility of studio interference. We saw that with Caspian and Voyage. But TLTW&TW was masterfully done imo.
Super12
Super12 - 2/24/2024, 1:10 PM
@JustAWaffle - Anyone who's interested to learn more about the cryptic pattern of the Narnia books should read Michael Ward's "Narnia Code" or "Planet Narnia". The dude knows more about CS Lewis then Lewis himself and its a fascinating trail of easter eggs he left in each book.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 2/24/2024, 11:59 AM
As a huge Narnia fan this is a good response. I'm a fan of Gerwig, in particular Little Women, so I'm curious to see what she does.
Super12
Super12 - 2/24/2024, 1:07 PM
@Oberlin4Prez - Same here. I absolutely love Narnia, feel SUPER protective of it. And so far those are encouraging words to hear from her. Let's see how her vision makes it past the studio's priorities though.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 2/24/2024, 1:21 PM
@Super12 - I'm hoping there's a lot of good will around Gerwig's vision from Netflix considering how competent she's shown herself at both original stories and adpataions alike. Even if her best work was only in adaptations, that would be enough for me, but her library is very well tailored throughout so I hope that translates into trusting her as a storyteller.

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