Greta Gerwig isn’t able to dive into the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe simply fairly but.
The “Barbie” writer-director, who’s slated to helm at the very least two Netflix movies based mostly on C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” novel sequence, advised Complete Film (by way of Games Radar) that she is “terrified” about tackling the I.P. venture.
“I haven’t even actually began wrapping my arms round it,” Gerwig mentioned. “However I’m correctly petrified of it, which appears like a great place to start out. I feel after I’m scared, it’s at all times a great signal. Possibly after I cease being scared, it’ll be like, ‘OK. Possibly I shouldn’t do this one.’ No, I’m fearful of it. It’s extraordinary. And so we’ll see, I don’t know.”
She continued, “I hope to make all totally different sorts of films in the midst of the time I get to make films, which — it’s a very long time, but it surely’s additionally restricted. I wish to do huge issues and small issues and in all places in between, and having one other huge canvas is thrilling and likewise daunting.”
Gerwig beforehand helmed the novel adaptation of “Little Girls” and unique movies “Girl Fowl” and “Nights and Weekends” earlier than partnering with Mattel for “Barbie.”
Gerwig’s involvement with the brand new iteration of “Narnia” was confirmed earlier this yr.
“Greta and I’ve been very consciously setting up a profession,” Gerwig’s UTA agent Jeremy Barber advised The New Yorker. “Her ambition is to be not the largest lady director however an enormous studio director. And Barbie was a bit of I.P. that was resonant to her.”
“The Chronicles of Narnia” was first brought to the big screen for a movie trilogy spanning from 2005 to 2010. The primary movie, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” grossed over $745 million worldwide and starred Liam Neeson (voicing the lion Aslan), Tilda Swinton, and James McAvoy. A deal was struck in 2018 with Netflix to acquire the rights to all seven “Narnia” books.
eOne’s Mark Gordan, Douglas Gresham, and Vincent Sieber are set to function govt producers on all upcoming movies and TV sequence based mostly on the novels.
Netflix chief content material officer Ted Sarandos mentioned on the time of the rights acquisition, “C.S. Lewis’ beloved ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ tales have resonated with generations of readers around the globe. Households have fallen in love with characters like Aslan and your entire world of Narnia, and we’re thrilled to be their dwelling for years to come back.”
To learn Gerwig’s current “Barbie” interview with IndieWire, click on here.
