Netflix Circling Daniel Craig For ‘Chronicles Of Narnia' Movie: The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: While it is super early in the dealmaking process, sources tell Deadline that Netflix and director Greta Gerwig are aiming high for their next piece of casting on their Chronicles of Narnia movie, as Daniel Craig has an offer to join the cast.
Sources stress that it is unknown whether Craig will ultimately come on board, but they do add that he does hold the offer. It is also unknown who he would be playing in the film.
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Even with it being early, the studio and Gerwig are clearly gearing up in a big way with production set to start later this year. Deadline was first to report that Charli XCX was in talks for the role of the white witch.
In 2018, Netflix said it would develop new series and film projects based on C.S. Lewis' beloved The Chronicles of Narnia series and brought Gerwig on board in 2020 to adapt and direct the first movie. It remains in early stages, and details are scant. As previously reported, the movie is getting an exclusive two-week Imax global run for Thanksgiving 2026 in advance of the pic's drop on the streamer.
If it makes, the deal would be reunion of sorts for Craig and Netflix, with Craig as super-sleuth Benoit Blanc anchoring Rian Johnson's Knives Out franchise which has a deal at the streamer. The first pic in that deal was 2022's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, with the next installment Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery due out later this year.
Will let you know more on Narnia as we find out.
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