Reports Point to the Critical State of the Narnia Film!

One day after the first trailer for Narnia: The Magician's Nephew was met with thousands of dislikes and jokes from users, a new report revealed serious problems with the project. Jeff Snider, in his InSneider newsletter, reported that the budget for the Narnia film, directed by Greta Gerwig, has ...

A day after the first trailer of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew was met with thousands of dislikes and jokes from users, a new report announced the serious problems of this project.

Jeff Snyder reported in the InSneider newsletter that the budget of Narnia, directed by Greta Gerwig, reaches 280 million dollars; However, some sources believe that the actual cost of producing this work is even higher than this figure. According to one of Snyder's sources, some people at Netflix have described the film as "awful" and consider it "a real problem" for the company. Another source who was present at one of the film's test screenings this summer compared it to Disney's A Wrinkle in Time (2018 product); A work that, according to reports, caused a loss of nearly 100 million dollars.

The film's test run over the summer reportedly prompted Netflix to order reshoots. This issue was raised for the first time in the middle of summer. Snyder also says that Gerwig enlisted the help of experienced people outside of the original team to complete the film's editing. Apparently, an experienced editor or director, and possibly both, sneaked into the editing room to help complete the project. According to this report, there have also been disagreements between Gerwig and Dan Lin, director of Netflix's film division, over this project.

Snyder's newsletter also reported that Doug Belgrad, a film industry executive, has parted ways with Netflix. Before joining the streaming service, Belgrade managed the Sony film studio. At the same time, there are rumors that the position of Dan Lin and Bela Bajaria, the chief content officer at Netflix, who oversees all series and movies of the company, is also in danger. These speculations are raised in a situation where the amount of audience interaction with Netflix content is decreasing.

Also, the release of this report coincides with the new round of layoffs at Netflix. Netflix is ​​investing heavily in the Narnia movie and has high expectations for it; A project that is supposed to be the biggest movie release of this company to date. The movie Narnia: The Magician's Nephew will be released on February 12, 2027 (Bahman 23, 1405); Then on April 2 (13 April 1406) it will be available through Netflix.

The newcomers, David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell, play the main roles in the film. Daniel Craig is also present in this work and Meryl Streep voices the character of Aslan.