Greta Gerwig‘s cope with Netflix has secured her Narnia film with the streaming big a launch date for IMAX.
The critically acclaimed director joined this Netflix mission in 2023, which relies on the basic ebook collection The Chronicles of Narnia written by C. S. Lewis. Gerwig’s Narnia mission is reported to have an enormous funds and the forged has but to be revealed.
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia to launch in IMAX on Thanksgiving Day 2026
In line with a report by Puck Information, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia has a launch date set in 2026 as a part of her cope with Netflix.
Matthew Bellon, who’s the founding associate of Puck Information, disclosed that the co-CEO of Netflix, Ted Sarandos, determined to offer Gerwig’s Narnia a theatrical launch. He said, “Netflix tells me the movie will hit about 1,000 IMAX screens worldwide on Thanksgiving Day 2026 and won’t seem on Netflix till Christmas.”
Though the report additional said that the film will play on IMAX for simply two weeks, this length may enhance based mostly on widespread demand. Moreover, after finishing its run on IMAX screens, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia may also hit common non-IMAX theaters earlier than finally streaming on Netflix. This can present the film with 4 weeks in theaters.
Moreover, this revolutionary deal between Gerwig and Netflix has given Narnia an opportunity to open in theaters in 90 international locations. Just like Netflix’s different initiatives like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller and The Irishman, Gerwig’s Narnia film could have a standard theatrical launch first slightly than a streaming debut.
In February 2024, Gerwig sat down for a dialog with Collider and revealed she had been engaged on the Narnia film earlier than Barbie began taking pictures. She mentioned, “Realizing that I’d laid the groundwork for Narnia and wished to return to it—that’s in all probability one thing I arrange for myself psychologically. As a result of I do know the precise factor, for me anyway, is to maintain making films.”
