Forget Harry Potter, Netflix’s Narnia Looks Even Better

C.S. Lewis’s beloved Narnia books have been made into movies before – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Prince Caspian (2008), and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) – but Disney and Walden Media stopped making them due to lower ticket sales and disagreements. Now, with Netflix supporting a fresh start, Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, directed by Greta Gerwig, the series is poised to become a major competitor to Harry Potter. Here’s what makes it likely to succeed.








