Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Wraps 2025 Filming on Christmas Eve, Production Resumes in New Year

We’re told that principal photography on Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew will wrap for 2025 on Christmas Eve, with production set to resume in January, according to a source close to the production.

Production on Narnia (inclusive of rehearsals) was originally scheduled to run from June through to Christmas, according to the initial casting call. However, cameras did not get rolling in earnest until early August. Whilst some smaller scenes may have been shot before this point, a delayed start appears to have pushed the overall schedule back by a couple of weeks.

That revised timeline has now been corroborated as well by several public figures involved with the film, all of whom indicate that filming is set to resume in the new year following the holiday break.

Daniel Craig, speaking in an interview with the Radio Times, joked that he was “hoping to get out of Narnia in time for Christmas”. In the same interview, Radio Times also referred to him as “the eponymous magician, Uncle Andrew,” seemingly confirming his role.

In addition, another recent interview with Emma Mackey, published in early December, indicated that she was only “a little over halfway done shooting Narnia.” Whilst it’s not quite clear exactly when this interview was conducted, the comments suggest that a significant portion of filming still remained at that point.

Filming on the set near Longcross Studios was scheduled to conclude no later than December 12th, according to the terms of the planning application, while filming at Cardington Studios entered into its sixth week as of Monday, 15th December. It is not yet known when filming at Shepperton Studios will conclude, but the ongoing activity at both Cardington and Shepperton suggests that production resuming in January could take place at one or both locations.

With principal photography resuming in January, it should be noted that it is standard practice to schedule a short period of additional photography for re-shoots and pick-ups later during the post-production phase.