Narnia Cast and Crew Remain Tight-Lipped as They Hit the Red Carpet
The cast and crew of Netflix’s Narnia took some well earned time out of their schedules this week to walk the red carpet at the London Film Festival and conduct other promotional engagements across the capital, with filming on ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ now reaching the half-way point.
Greta Gerwig, Emma Mackey, and Daniel Craig were all in attendance at the UK premiere of ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ on Wednesday, with Craig commenting briefly on his “amazing” experience of filming so far, whilst Gerwig and her husband Noah Baumbach were back in action on Friday for the red carpet premiere of their new film ‘Jay Kelly’ at the Royal Festival Hall, though Gerwig seemingly did not speak to the press at either event.
Meanwhile, over in Notting Hill, ‘Narnia’ composer Mark Ronson was busy promoting his new book ‘Night People: How to Be a DJ in 90’s New York City’ where NarniaWeb’s very own Francesco was on the scene to talk to him about his work on the project:
“I’m not allowed to talk about that… honestly, I wish I could… I’ve been a fan since I was four years old… those were my favorite books as a kid, I had the whole set.”
Likewise, Irish actress Denise Gough, who sadly had to cancel an appearance at Comic-Con Holland over the weekend due to scheduling issues, was out on the red carpet for the premiere of her new film ‘H is for Hawk’ on Sunday and was similarly tight-lipped in her response to ScreenDaily’s questioning about her character:
“Absolutely not, I can’t tell you, you know that!”
She was however more forthcoming in her praise for director Greta Gerwig:
“She’s everything you would think that Greta Gerwig is: she’s fantastic, and easy and brilliant, and like, she’s great. She’s a cool, cool, cool, woman.”
Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey also took the time to attend a special screening of ‘Jay Kelly’ last Friday, and may yet be in attendance at the Gala Screening of the new Jennifer Lawrence movie ‘Die My Love’ this coming Friday; a film for which he was also the cinematographer.
Have you seen any of the Narnia cast and crew out in the wild? Send us a spy report and let us know!
On the upside, it is heartening to hear the composer admit that he’s a life-long fan of the [Narnia] books!
I have never had any doubt about the passion, care, and talent behind this film. It’s encouraging to hear of Ronson’s childhood connection.
There may be creative decisions I disagree with, but I would rather a Narnia adaptation with vision than some milquetoast alternative, justified by an accountant for its LOTR/HP/GOT/ETC potential…
It’s been clear right from the start that this whole project will be kept silent. It was the same with Barbie. So none of us is going to know very much at all, until there’s an official trailer. I think Greta really likes to keep her movies like this so people can watch them and enjoy being surprised.
I hope this movie blows up as badly and as spectacularly as Snow White did…because I cannot imagine that it won’t. What do they think they are going to gain from keeping tight-lipped on this? If they are certain they have something good going here, why are they not getting the fandom in on it and telling them little hints and spoilers? Clearly, they know they have something unsellable on their hands and are hoping to go forward with it anyway for some reason (exactly what happened with Snow White). They should probably stop now while they are ahead. In a year’s time, this movie will probably be even less well received than it would be even now. I have no idea what they are thinking, but this will only end badly in a box office flop.
@Rosenquartz Are you Just committed to be a hater of this movie right? Just coming here to say a lot of bad stuff about it… we all already realized it! All your comments are just hate! Chill…
Crazy to think we’re almost a year out from seeing what’s behind all this secrecy!
@Rosenquartz – I’m curious if there’s anything Netflix or Gerwig can do with this movie that you would actually enjoy?
I’ve only ever seen you trolling (of at least that’s what it comes across as) and claiming every decision is the end of the world… so I’m wondering if there are any rational thoughts you think or if it’s just a blind hatred.
Yepp. Rosenquartz seems to be trolling (or is just a sad person). This movie will be amazing!
@Rosenquartz – Avengers Endgame was extremely tight-lipped.
The jury is still very much out on whether this movie will be good or not, but I just don’t see the point in following the news and commenting on every post if it brings them this much disgust and hate. Like why complain that Netflix isn’t giving us more details, when everyone knows you’re just going to blindly despise everything that comes out about the movie?! I’m positive that they could be living a much more joyful life without following this production.
Just so people know, I don’t want to see Narnia the magicians nephew movie in IMAX theaters or do I care about it. Good job Greta gerwig for alienating Narnia fans like me. I predict this Narnia magicians nephew is going to flop very hard at the box office against the hunger games movie and Jumanji 3, Disney hexed, the cat in the hat 2026 remake. Once Greta gerwig confirmed that it’ll take place in the 1950s rock and roll London instead of 1900s ragtime era, I lost interest and won’t give it a chance and will ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. Meantime I’m rewatching Narnia the lion witch and wardrobe 2005, prince Caspian 2008, voyage of the dawn treader 2010 3 films, and BBC Narnia the silver chair 1990 TV show and reading 7 Narnia books instead.
@Musgrave Avengers Engame was a terrible film. Keeping tight-lipped about superheroes in spandex isn’t exactly breaking news, now, is it, especially not after about a thousand of such films/shows.
Narnia has a multi age and multi generation fanbase from both the books and movies and BBC series from the past and I am baffled to see that Netflix does not seem to be even attempting to woo them even in the slightest. There hasn’t been any influencer tie-in stuff or fan-base information given directly to the fans from the director or producers.
A good example of this currently is the FNAF film franchise and the way that Universal and Blumhouse are keeping up with the fans and making sure to drop tidbits and teasers before the upcoming “Five Nights At Freddy’s 2” releasing December 5. They literally released the whole opening scene at comic con this past summer and Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions knew that it would probably get leaked to the internet AND he didn’t want the rest of the fans to miss out who weren’t at comic con, so he released the clip officially online and FNAF movie fans (including myself) are now more excited than ever.
Keeping your audience engaged is key. Ignoring them and refusing to talk to the press is a bad look and will only hurt this whole Netflix project in the end.
@Rosenquartz
The FNAF film franchise is the example you are relying on? I look to past film adaptions of beloved novels that became excellent movies for the examples I rely on. Peter Jackson wasn’t briefing Lord of the Rings fans before his movies were released. Nor was Warner Bros. giving tidbits and teasers as fan service and relying on influencers and tie-in materials before the Harry Potter films were released.
We’re all impatient for more information but your sense of entitlement to it is striking. Please try to just relax.
I am also sceptical. The setting of 1901 with Madame Blavatsky and the broader spiritualist movement, Mrs LeFay’s history of being imprisoned, Uncle Andrew’s egotistical self importance and vain folly are such a rich soup for Jadis to arrive into, a figure far beyond anyone’s worst nightmares from that spiritualist movement. So shifting to the 1950s, post war what’s more, just throws the baby out with the bathwater. Such a lost opportunity! Perhaps… Interestingly, it also shifts the rest of the series forward 50 years, so we have to wonder what war will send Peter and the rest into the country, and how TVs, desktop computers and so on will feature and influence the story. Or is Gerwig putting us off the scent and doing something more like most would prefer anyway… we shall see.
I just hope that they don’t cast meryl Streep as Aslan it is important that he is a male he represents Christianity
Maybe leom neeson could be Aslan again he did an AMAZING job with Disney so hopefully Netflix will force it NOT to be Meryl Streep