# Greta Gerwig Will Write and Direct Two ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Films for Netflix

> It’s official: Greta Gerwig will adapt two movies based on C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix.

4 July 2023 · Reviews / Culture

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It’s official: Greta Gerwig will adapt two movies based on C.S. Lewis’ *The Chronicles of Narnia* for Netflix.

Gerwig has finished and released into the wild her new blockbuster *Barbie*, but it seems she’s going into a very different wardrobe with her new contract to adapt two films in the Narnia series for Netflix.

According to *[The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/after-barbie-mattel-is-raiding-its-entire-toy-box)*, Gerwig will write and direct at least two Narnia books for Netflix as part of the streaming giant’s long-awaited plans to reimagine *The Chronicles of Narnia* in multiple movies and TV shows.

There is currently no word or announcements from Netflix on which books will be adapted, but given that *The Lion, The Witch and Wardrobe* has been adapted multiple times (TV series, animation and film), starting at the beginning with *The Magician’s Nephew* seems as good a place as any.

In October 2018, Netflix inked a deal with The C.S Lewis Company and secured the rights to a multi-year contract to adapt the books. After searching for directors last year, they found their director of choice with Gerwig, who has adapted childhood classics *Little Women* to great acclaim and her yet to be released *Barbie* looks set to light up the box office when it is released globally on 20 July.