The Chronicles of Narnia coming to Netflix
Netflix is adapting The Chronicles of Narnia books into each TV collection and films over the subsequent a number of years. Right here’s an ongoing preview of every little thing we find out about The Chronicles of Narnia on Netflix together with what to anticipate and when to anticipate it.
Earlier than we dive into Netflix’s involvement going ahead, let’s rapidly have a look again at what the guide collection is and the way it’s been tailored beforehand.
Be aware: That is an ongoing article that’ll be up to date over time as we be taught extra – final up to date: November 11th, 2020.
What are The Chronicles of Narnia?
Let’s begin off with the fundamentals, The Chronicles of Narnia is a guide collection from the famed writer C.S.Lewis that had been printed within the 1950s.
The guide collection is a fantasy collection that transports us to the fictional realm of Narnia. In complete, seven books had been printed underneath the Chronicles of Narnia banner.
How the Chronicles of Narnia books have been developed earlier than
The collection has seen a number of variations over time together with a BBC collection, a radio collection and naturally, the Disney films.
The guide collection greatest adaptation got here in 2005 when Walt Disney Photos and Walden Media launched the primary film entitled: “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”.
It later launched one other movie that was distributed underneath Disney with the third film being distributed by 20th Century Fox. A fourth film was deliberate however never materialized.
How and when Netflix scored the Narnia franchise
The information of Netflix teaming up with The C.S. Lewis Firm dropped back in October 2018.
Netflix has a “multi-year deal” whereby it is going to have a number of movie and collection tasks on the go all primarily based on the books of Narnia completely.
Alongside the unique announcement, Ted Sarandos, who’s the top of content material at Netflix, mentioned: “C.S. Lewis’ beloved Chronicles of Narnia tales have resonated with generations of readers world wide,” including “Households have fallen in love with characters like Aslan and your complete world of Narnia, and we’re thrilled to be their house for years to return.”
It was additionally reiterated a number of instances that Netflix can be adapting Narnia into a Universe, positioning the collection to go up towards the likes of Recreation of Thrones and the Marvel Cinematic Universe albeit for a extra household oriented viewers.
You possibly can see extra from the unique press launch over on the official Narnia Fb submit:
Crucial side of the Netflix deal and what makes it extra distinctive than what has come earlier than is that Netflix has entry to all seven of the books. This implies among the later books which have by no means seen variations earlier than could possibly be coming to Netflix the place earlier homeowners of the license haven’t been capable of.
We do know (courtesy of IMDbPro) that Mark Gordon, Douglas Gresham, Vincent Sieber will likely be concerned with many of the upcoming Netflix Narnia tasks.
As we come in the direction of the top of 2020, many have puzzled what precisely is occurring with Netflix’s variations because it’s been virtually two years with solely restricted (see beneath) information up to now. NetflixFR stepped in on November 10th to acknowledge that Netflix continues to be planning “collection and films” for The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Matthew Aldrich turns into “architect” on Narnia Universe for Netflix in 2019
Months after ready for extra info on Narnia on Netflix, lastly, we acquired some information on June 12th, 2019.
The information got here that the co-writer for Disney Pixar’s Coco, a multi-award profitable film, will likely be engaged on Narnia. In a tweet, Netflix’s See What’s Subsequent account mentioned the next:
“Coco co-writer Matthew Aldrich will function the inventive architect and oversee the event of all movies and exhibits tailored from C.S. Lewis’ beloved Narnia universe for Netflix”
“Coco” co-writer Matthew Aldrich will function the inventive architect and oversee the event of all movies and exhibits tailored from C.S. Lewis’ beloved Narnia universe for Netflix pic.twitter.com/k77EG6f9N4
— Netflix Queue (@netflixqueue) June 12, 2019
In January 2020, Narniaweb posted that Douglas Gresham (stepson of C. S. Lewis) has little information of the place Netflix is at with manufacturing.
Jordan Raynor: What’s the newest on this partnership between Netflix and the C. S. Lewis Firm?
Douglas Gresham: Yeah, to be trustworthy, I can’t inform you very a lot in any respect. We did the deal fairly some months in the past and I haven’t heard a phrase since. I imply, I’m listed because the producer, however I’ve heard no phrase on what they plan to do or how they plan to do it or after they plan to do it for that matter. issues, I don’t know whether or not Netflix is able to rock ‘n roll on this or not, however we’ll discover out in the end.
In June 2020, NarniaWeb picked up on a Q&A with the supervisor of Matthew Aldrich who said that the Netflix tasks will likely be executed from the attitude of children saying:
“Characters come from understanding individuals. Generally it’s about having youngsters…
Matt Aldrich can write children proper now as a result of he has children and he talks to them and he’s making an attempt to determine them out. He runs his scripts by them and he pitches them tales. Once they get bored he cuts it, after they get excited he provides it. His two children are a testing room.”
The place will The Chronicles of Narnia on Netflix begin from?
The Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe is the pure start line for Narnia however The Magician’s Nephew guide serves because the prequel which fleshes out the realm of Narnia and will make a extra logical begin for Netflix to kickstart the universe with.
You possibly can hear extra on a dialogue from the Narniaweb podcast beneath the place they speculate it might make sense to begin with Magician’s Nephew this time round.
This is able to imply Netflix would adapt the books within the so-called “Harper Collins” order which might be the next:
- The Magician’s Nephew
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Horse and His Boy
- Prince Caspian
- The Voyage of the Daybreak Treader
- The Silver Chair
- The Final Battle.
The fellows at Narniaweb additionally speculated that their variations could also be barely darker. They particularly in contrast them to the Anne with an E collection on Netflix which was a lot darker than the supply materials it’s primarily based on.
In a chat with Georgie Henley in April 2020, who performed Lucy within the Disney franchise has mentioned she’d be receptive of that includes within the Netflix reboot however confessed it’s most likely unlikely.
What Narnia tasks are in growth
Due to IMDBpro, we’re capable of see the primary three Netflix tasks involving Narnia by way of Matthew Alrich’s profile. Listed here are every of the tasks and the place they’re reportedly in growth:
- Untitled Netflix/Chronicles of Narnia Collection is reportedly the furthest in growth with it coming into pre-production reportedly again in October 2018.
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (Remedy stage)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (that is the cancelled closing Disney film however this isn’t anticipated to go forward)
Different Narnia Information
- In January 2020, Narniafans posted {that a} new documentary was in growth surrounding C.S. Lewis.
- In early 2020, a number of fan-made posters went viral on social media. For a lot of, this was the primary time many had heard Netflix is adapting the books.
- Among the Disney Narnia films are still available on Netflix however we expect all Narnia films to be faraway from all Netflix areas in the end as contracts expire and Disney takes again management of the license and provides them to the Disney+ streaming service.
That’s all we all know thus far. There’s rather a lot to be introduced, rather a lot to be excited for and rather a lot to be realized. We’ll be there each step of the best way to see what’s in retailer for Narnia on Netflix.