'This looks so magical': Twitter debates and shares their thoughts about the freshly released trailer for the new Chronicles of Narnia movie

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Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer
Oct 15, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

Here we have yet another remake/adaptation to add to the endless list!

Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited about this movie, especially because it takes me back to my childhood and the memory of watching the Disney version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which, in my opinion, is one of the best fantasy movies ever made. It was a shame the saga was left unfinished, especially because the first movie was amazing and a fan favourite to this day. I haven't talked to a single millennial/older Gen Z who hasn't seen and loved Narnia. And I believe that's part of the problem. 

The first movie did great. It had a pretty big budget, and it collected a good deal of money after coming out, so they gave the green light to the second movie, Prince Caspian (which is my personal favourite, and it makes me cry every time I watch it), but this one wasn't as successful as the first. And basically no one saw the third one. The first is the one that is remembered and talked about the most, both when it first came out and now, 20 years since it premiered. 

Netflix and Greta Gerwig seem to think that this world still has a lot to give, and I agree, which is why I was so excited when the project was first announced. They already planned to adapt all the books, a very ambitious plan if you ask me, but hey, they've got the budget and the will to do it. I love the fact that they are adapting this in chronological order, something that hadn't been possible to do so far, but I still have my reservations about the vision they have for this world. 

You'll see, the trailer looks amazing, that's for sure, but it also looks like every other movie that has come out in the last five years. The whole Narnia universe has a very specific tone: magical, mysterious, with an underlying sensation of imminent danger. It's an uncanny feeling, and it doesn't look like they're adhering to it. Let's remember, these are all kids facing forces that are way bigger and more powerful than they are, both in The Magician's Nephew and in the story of the Pevensie siblings, so the stakes are always high, always on the verge of collapsing, with the weight of the world placed on the shoulders of a bunch of 14-year-olds. 

Now, in case you were wondering, yes, I did read The Magician's Nephew when I was younger, so I can give you my honest opinion about this. And in my head, the story looked vastly different from what it's presented in the trailer. The issue with book adaptations is that they hardly ever look exactly the way we saw them in our heads while reading, since the movies are not our own creation, but someone else's imagination. Still, many aspects and details can coincide, since it's the same story. Well, I don't feel that way about this trailer. If someone had played it without telling me what it was, I wouldn't have known. 

However, it's yet too soon to give a well-informed opinion, since the movie won't come out for a few more months. We'll have to wait and see the complete product before we can properly discuss it. In the meantime, you can browse through this list of comments that were made on Twitter. Some people are fascinated; some others are appalled. You can share your own thoughts with us on the matter. 

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