Greta Gerwig channels Bowie in psychedelic The Magician's Nephew trailer
There have been several adaptations, in various media, of The Chronicles of Narnia , most recently the early 2000s film franchise adapting the first three novels in the series.
There have been several adaptations, in various media, of The Chronicles of Narnia , most recently the early 2000s film franchise adapting the first three novels in the series.
The short version
- Those films showed diminishing returns, however, and by 2011 the film rights had expired.
- There were initial plans to adapt the fourth novel, The Silver Chair .
- The original book was set in 1900, but Gerwig shifts the setting to the 1950s, postwar London.
What happened
Digory Kirke (David McKenna) lives next door to Polly Plummer (Beatrice Campbell), and the two embark on a magical journey to other worlds after Digory’s eccentric uncle, Andrew Ketterley (Daniel Craig), tricks them into trying on magic rings. Then Digory accidentally unleashes the evil empress Jadis (Emma Mackey, who played Physicist Barbie in Barbie ) from a sleeping spell, and chaos breaks out.
Why it matters
The cast also includes Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as a London cabby named Frank; Ava Jager as Polly’s sister Violet; Carey Mulligan as Digory’s mother, Flora; Tom Bonington as Mr.
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