From Geeks + Gamers. Greta Gerwig's $280 Million 'Narnia' Reportedly an 'Awful' Disaster as Netflix Scrambles to Fix Film
Greta Gerwig is the director behind the recent Barbie movie, in case you forgot.
She has at least destroyed (is destroying?) the Netflix adaptation of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew. This is a prequel, that was written by C.S. Lewis, to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
There are apparently numerous problems with the movie, from the pace of storytelling, to the use of Classic Rock, like Led Zeppelin, in the soundtrack. This is probably the deal breaker for me:
Meanwhile, the casting of Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan has generated criticism among fans who consider the character's masculine identity and Christian symbolism fundamental to Lewis's original conception.
I will never understand why a Hollywood studio would pay millions of dollars for an established IP, with an established fan base, and then change it in ways - not just adapt it for the screen, big or small - that disrespect the material to which you just purchased the rights, and in doing so alienate the people who made that IP valuable in the first place, the existing fan base.
If you want to do a fantasy with a gender-bent talking lion, make something new; don't piss all over something beloved for generations.
As a result, we get this from Deadline Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria Exiting
Bela Bajaria is out at Netflix.
The news comes only 24 hours after the streamer underwent a massive cull, laying off around 1,000 employees.
The hat tip for all this goes to Benny Johnson and his video Netflix FIRES Obama! Thousands of Other Woke Staff GONE in BLOODBATH…Streamer PANICS, Bankruptcy?!
Benny J. covers a lot of the issues at Netflix, the bit on Narnia starts at about 3 minutes and 30 seconds in.
I think this post from X sums up my feeling on the Narnia debacle.
In a fair world, any Netflix executive who pushed to give Gerwig creative control over Narnia would be fired.
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) October 16, 2026
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