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Daniel Craig in line for role in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film for Netflix


Gerwig is expected to begin filming The Magician’s Nephew, the origin story of CS Lewis’s classic fantasy novels, with the actor reported to have a major role

Daniel Craig is being lined up for a role in Greta Gerwig’s new Narnia film, her first directorial project since her huge success with Barbie and the first product of a deal she signed with Netflix to make at least two adaptations of CS Lewis’s fantasy novel series. His estate later had a rights agreement with Walden Media, which released three Narnia films – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – between 2005 and 2010. While confirmed details of Gerwig’s project are thin on the ground, Deadline reported that singer Charli xcx was under serious consideration for a role.

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