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Why Netflix Caved for Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’

Securing a wide release and 45-day window for 'The Magician's Nephew,' the 'Barbie' director broke the streamer's will on its previously nonnegotiable day-and-date strategy. So why now?

Greta Gerwig
It's a huge flex for Gerwig, obviously, after her initial push for theaters led to the first compromise of an Imax release on 1,000 screens for two weeks and a 30-day window to Netflix. Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
May 5, 2026

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Greta Gerwig accomplished something that Scorsese, Fincher, del Toro, Bigelow, and even the Russo brothers (!) could not: Netflix is giving her Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew its first wide global release with a 49-day window to streaming.