How to Watch Narnia: The Magician's Nephew in 4K

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is the Netflix feature film directed by Greta Gerwig, adapting C.S. Lewis's foundational Narnia novel for the first time as a major theatrical release. It opens in cinemas on February 12, 2027, with Netflix streaming beginning April 2, 2027. InfinityTV's library of 150,000+ Movies & Series will carry it for 4K streaming once it becomes available on digital platforms.

What Is Narnia: The Magician's Nephew?

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is a 2027 American fantasy film directed, written for the screen, and co-produced by Greta Gerwig — who previously directed Lady Bird, Little Women, and Barbie, the highest-grossing film directed by a woman in cinema history. It is produced by Netflix and marks the streaming platform's first film to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States.

The film is an adaptation of The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis, published in 1955. Although it is the sixth book published in the Chronicles of Narnia series, it is the chronological first — telling the story of Narnia's creation and the events that established the lamp-post, the wardrobe, and the White Witch's connection to the land.

Principal photography began on August 11, 2025, and filming officially wrapped on January 31, 2026. The score is co-composed by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.

The Cast of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

The ensemble assembled for Gerwig's Narnia film is among the most distinguished of any fantasy production in recent years.

David McKenna plays Digory Kirke, the boy at the heart of the story who discovers the magic pools and inadvertently brings the White Witch to Narnia. Beatrice Campbell plays Polly Plummer, Digory's friend and fellow traveller through the Wood Between the Worlds.

Emma Mackey plays Jadis, the White Witch — the all-powerful empress of the dying world of Charn who forces her way into Narnia at the moment of its creation. Mackey, known for Sex Education and Barbie, brings formidable screen presence to the franchise's central villain.

Carey Mulligan and Daniel Craig join the cast in roles not yet disclosed at the time of writing. Ciarán Hinds also features. The presence of four major international stars in a children's fantasy adaptation signals Netflix's confidence in the project's crossover appeal.

You can track verified cast updates on Wikipedia.

Why Is Greta Gerwig's Narnia a Historic Film?

What makes this adaptation different from previous Narnia films?

The Walt Disney Pictures / Walden Media adaptations of 2005–2010 (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) were competent but ultimately conventional fantasy films. Gerwig's approach, based on what is known about her methods from Lady Bird and Barbie, is to treat the source material as emotionally honest and structurally adventurous rather than reverentially safe.

The Magician's Nephew is, unusually for Narnia, a story about grief. Digory's mother is dying, and his quest through the magic pools is partly driven by the desperate hope of finding something to heal her. C.S. Lewis lost his own mother to cancer at age nine; the book carries that biographical weight directly. Gerwig's record as a filmmaker suggests she will centre that emotional reality.

Why is the Netflix theatrical release significant?

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is the first Netflix film to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States. Netflix has historically resisted the theatrical model, preferring to stream films directly on its platform. The decision to give this film a conventional theatrical release — before moving to Netflix streaming on April 2, 2027 — marks a strategic shift and signals the company's belief in the film's box-office potential.

How does The Magician's Nephew fit the Narnia chronology?

Although published sixth, The Magician's Nephew is chronologically the first Narnia story. It explains the origins of everything readers encounter in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: the lamppost in the snowy wood, the magic wardrobe (built from a tree grown from a Narnian apple), and Jadis/the White Witch herself, who arrives in Narnia at the moment of its creation and immediately corrupts it.

What Kind of Film Is Narnia: The Magician's Nephew?

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is a fantasy film — specifically a children's and family fantasy film based on Christian allegorical fantasy literature — produced by Netflix and directed by Greta Gerwig. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis is a series of seven novels published between 1950 and 1956. The series is the third best-selling fantasy book series of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide as of 2021, according to widely reported publisher figures.

C.S. Lewis's The Magician's Nephew was published in 1955 as the sixth Narnia book in publication order but is chronologically first in the story's internal timeline. It tells the story of Digory Kirke — the old professor whose country house contains the magic wardrobe in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — as a boy in 1900s London. Alongside his neighbour Polly Plummer, he is transported by his Uncle Andrew's experimental magic rings through the Wood Between the Worlds, a quiet forest pool-world that serves as a gateway between all possible realities.

Their journey takes them first to the dying world of Charn, where Digory's rash decision to ring a bell awakens Jadis — the last surviving ruler of Charn, who destroyed her entire world rather than let her sister rule it. Jadis forces her way back through the pool-worlds with Digory and Polly, eventually arriving in a void that is on the verge of becoming Narnia — witnessing the creation of the world by the lion Aslan's singing.

The emotional core of the novel — and presumably of Gerwig's film — is Digory's grief for his dying mother and his desperate hope that something in this magical realm might save her. Lewis wrote from direct personal experience: he lost his own mother to cancer in 1908, at age nine. The scene in which Aslan acknowledges the request and Digory's grief — and gives him the apple that ultimately leads to his mother's recovery — is among the most emotionally direct writing in the entire series.

Greta Gerwig has spoken publicly about the responsibility she feels toward the source material and toward the Narnia fans who have spent their lives with these books. Her decision to take the project — her first studio film since Barbie's record-breaking $1.4 billion global gross in 2023 — signals enormous creative confidence in the adaptation.

How to Watch Narnia: The Magician's Nephew in 4K

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew opens in cinemas on February 12, 2027, and streams on Netflix from April 2, 2027. Here is how to ensure you can watch it in 4K on InfinityTV:

1. Subscribe to InfinityTV — all InfinityTV plans include access to the full on-demand library of 150,000+ Movies & Series. Netflix films arrive in the InfinityTV library as they become available on digital platforms.
2. Download the InfinityTV app on your Smart TV, Amazon Fire Stick, Apple TV, Android TV box, or mobile device.
3. Search for "Narnia Magician's Nephew" in the InfinityTV app when the film becomes available.
4. Select 4K UHD — InfinityTV's infrastructure runs at 99.9% uptime, meaning even complex fantasy VFX sequences stream without interruption.

Fantasy films with elaborate world-building — and the Wood Between the Worlds alone requires extraordinary visual construction — reward 4K HDR presentation on a large screen.

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The C.S. Lewis Narnia Chronicles on InfinityTV

For viewers who want to revisit the existing Narnia adaptations before the Gerwig film arrives, InfinityTV's on-demand library provides access to the earlier films. The 2005 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe directed by Andrew Adamson remains the most commercially successful Narnia film to date, grossing over $745 million worldwide and receiving an Academy Award for Best Makeup.

InfinityTV's 22,000+ live TV channels include literary and entertainment channels that will run Narnia-related coverage as the 2027 release approaches.

For a full picture of the biggest fantasy and adventure films coming in 2026 and beyond, see the top movies to watch in 2026 guide and our new movies streaming guide.

Frequently asked questions

When is Narnia: The Magician's Nephew released and when can I stream it? Narnia: The Magician's Nephew has a confirmed theatrical release date of February 12, 2027, in the United States. The Netflix streaming release is confirmed for April 2, 2027. InfinityTV will carry the film in its on-demand library when it becomes available on digital platforms.

Who directs and stars in Narnia: The Magician's Nephew? The film is written and directed by Greta Gerwig. The cast includes David McKenna as Digory Kirke, Beatrice Campbell as Polly Plummer, Emma Mackey as Jadis/the White Witch, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig, and Ciarán Hinds.

What is The Magician's Nephew about? The Magician's Nephew is the chronological origin story of the land of Narnia. It follows Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer as they use magic rings to travel through different worlds, inadvertently bringing the White Witch Jadis into Narnia just at the moment of the world's creation by the lion Aslan.

Is this a Netflix exclusive? Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is a Netflix production and will stream exclusively on Netflix from April 2, 2027. It is notable as the first Netflix film to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States, opening in cinemas on February 12, 2027.

What speed do I need for 4K Narnia streaming on InfinityTV? For smooth 4K HDR streaming of a visually complex fantasy film, InfinityTV recommends a minimum connection speed of 25 Mbps. A 50 Mbps or faster connection ensures maximum HDR quality for the elaborate visual effects throughout the film.