Trailer for "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" Blew Up the Internet - Almost 500 Million Views and a Crashed Website
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Netflix has made a big bet on the film with a budget approaching $300 million.
The first trailer for the film “Narnia: The Magician's Nephew” garnered 481.3 million views across various platforms in seven days. According to WaveMetrix, as reported by Deadline, this is more than double the result of Greta Gerwig's previous film, “Barbie,” whose trailer accumulated 240 million views over the same period.
The new adaptation also surpassed the trailers for “Wonka” with 237.2 million and “Super Mario: Galactic Cinema” with 281.6 million views. Interest in the film was so high that the official website NarniaFilm.com even briefly stopped working due to the influx of visitors.
Additional attention was drawn to the trailer by the song Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, which for the first time allowed the composition to be used in a film or its promotional materials. According to Gerwig, the musicians agreed to make an exception because they themselves love the work of C.S. Lewis and saw themes of spiritual quest close to them in the story:
“For me, this song was the right way to introduce the film to the world. But they hadn't allowed it to be used in anything like this before, so I was very touched by their agreement. They agreed because they saw the very essence of this story in the film. They also love C.S. Lewis and have great respect for his work.”
“The Magician's Nephew” will tell the story of the origin of Narnia. The main roles were played by David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell, and the film also starred Emma Mackey, Daniel Craig, Carey Mulligan, and Ciarán Hinds. The lion Aslan was voiced by Meryl Streep.
The international theatrical release will begin on February 12, 2027, and the film will be released on Netflix on April 2.
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