Ivana Primorac Joins Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ as Hair & Make-Up Designer
Five-time BAFTA nominee Ivana Primorac is stepping into the world of Narnia.
According to her agency profile, the award-winning Hair and Make-Up Designer will reunite with director Greta Gerwig on her upcoming Netflix adaptation, listed simply as ‘Narnia’. This marks their third collaboration following Little Women and Barbie.
Primorac’s body of work spans more than three decades and includes both period dramas and fantasy films/series. Her credits include The Crown, Pan, Atonement, The Imitation Game, and Wonka.
Interestingly, her agency refers to the project only as Narnia, with no specific book mentioned. That phrasing has been consistent across various production sources (both internally and externally) for several months. While NarniaWeb understands that the first film in Netflix’s series will be an adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew, it’s entirely possible that Narnia may end up being the official title of the film.
Primorac is the second long-time Gerwig collaborator quietly linked to the production this week. Just a few days ago, NarniaWeb reported on a tip we received that costume designer Jacqueline Durran hinted she was involved at a recent Q&A event.
For the full list of confirmed Heads of Departments working on Netflix’s Narnia, visit our What We Know page.
What do you think of Ivana Primorac joining the team? And how would you feel if the film’s title was simply Narnia? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Excited!! She did Jermy brett’s Sherlock holmes. I LOVE that show, not to mention lord of the rings.
I keep on seeing it referred to as “Narnia”. Makes me think that Netflix is trying to avoid issues with Walden’s “Chronicles of Narnia”.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they ultimately titled it simply as “Narnia”, with the first film being shown as a chapter 1 or episode 1, even though it’s a film.
Awesome! Now quick, somebody ask her how long Aslan’s mane is going to be!
What if they are spilting up Magician’s Nephew into two movies?
Are we just forgetting the fact they’re trying to turn Aslan into a chick? I mean I’m thrilled to be getting a new adaptation too but at what cost? At what COST? Enough with the hair and the make up …. I want to hear that it was all a misunderstanding and Meryl Streep is actually just playing Aunt Letty not the Jesus lion. Until then not a happy fangirl.
Also if it’s just called Narnia whatever that’s the least of our problems.
I’m going to assume there will be no dreads for Jadis this time around 😉
@Eustace I hadn’t considered that before… interesting. I think splitting MN into two movies be a poor creative decision and result in pointless additions made to fill out the screen time. Also, it wouldn’t make sense to “waste” Gerwig when she’s only signed on to direct 2 movies. I’m sure they’re both excited to get into LWW right after!
I agree with @telmarine that we’ll see some sort of title card during the move with the sub-title, but it’ll only be referred to as ‘Narnia’ in the marketing/trailer.
@Eustace I don’t know if they would be idea to split MN into two movies. It would be like what Peter Jackson attempted to do with the Hobbit (I think his original plan was to make it into two movies, but ended up making three for reasons I don’t quite understand.) So I just can’t see MN being made into two movies.