Greta Gerwig’s Netflix movie Narnia is coming to the big screen

While the world waits to see if Barbie 2 will ever happen, the director and co-writer behind it a billion dollar sensation quietly making powerful moves into other cinematic realms. We’ve known this for some time Greta Gerwig is in the lead on Netflix The Chronicles of Narnia reboot, but a new report reveals that the CS Lewis adaptation will get an IMAX showcase before it arrives on the streamer.

According to Then NewsGerwig’s Narnia the film “will hit about 1,000 IMAX screens worldwide on Thanksgiving Day 2026.” and won’t be on Netflix until Christmas,” with a guaranteed two-week IMAX screen run and the option to add a third if there’s enough viewer interest. Also “there’s a chance” Narnia may also play in some non-IMAX theaters before its streaming debut. In addition, “Netflix is ​​committed to marketing the IMAX release as a typical theatrical release and identifying Narnia as a ‘Netflix/IMAX’ title from the start.”

Puck reports that this deal happened despite Netflix’s well-known preference not to show its films theatrically — unless said showing is in service of award nominations — because co-CEO Ted Sarandos realized the importance of “appeasing” the Oscar nominee Gerwig, whose films except Barbie include Little women and Lady Bird. She also co-wrote the upcoming Disney action flick Snow White.

The publication notes that the 1,000 IMAX screens in two weeks is a wider and longer release than a similarly high-profile Netflix production – Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: Knives Out Mystery— received in 2022 and wonders if perhaps more big-name directors will follow Gerwig’s lead and push Netflix for similar deals. (You have to assume that fans certainly wouldn’t mind such a release strategy for Guillermo del Toro’s film Frankensteinwhich is scheduled to hit the streamer sometime this year.)

Are you excited to see Gerwig’s Narnia on the big, big screen in 2026. or will you wait a few more weeks to stream it on Netflix?

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