Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is reportedly being made on an enormous $280 million budget, placing it among the most expensive films in Netflix history. The reported figure underlines the streaming giant’s huge ambitions for its new adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ beloved fantasy world, which is scheduled to arrive in theaters in 2027 before moving to Netflix. The $280 million budget figure was first revealed by Narnia cinematographer Seamus McGarvey during a recent appearance on a We Need…
But the books are terrible on top of that
I mean, this is just false though. They’re incredibly engaging, well-written, and quite funny to boot (except maybe the Silver Chair and the Last Battle). I can’t wait for my kid to be old enough to read them for the first time.
Horse and His Boy didn’t age very well, either.
Yeah this is kind of like defending all the “great Harry Potter art” despite Rowling being deserving of 6ft of dirt.
Just because it has inspired great things doesn’t make it worthy of continued existence.
This is the literature equivalent of Virgin Mary statues in an old bathtub on the lawn