US EditionEmma Mackey Cast as White Witch in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia
- Actress Emma Mackey will play the White Witch in Greta Gerwig's upcoming Netflix Narnia film.
- Netflix began developing new Narnia projects in 2018 and brought Gerwig aboard to direct in 2020.
- The film will reportedly adapt The Magician's Nephew, which tells Narnia's origin story.
- Production is expected to start this summer for an exclusive two-week global IMAX run in late 2026.
- Mackey's casting marks a reunion with director Gerwig after their collaboration on the film Barbie.
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Emma Mackey To Play White Witch In Greta Gerwig’s Netflix Narnia Movie
BAFTA winner Emma Mackey (Sex Education) is set to play the White Witch in Netflix’s Narnia movie from filmmaker Greta Gerwig, sources have confirmed to Deadline. Netflix declined to comment. Mackey joins a cast that will also include Daniel Craig, as uncle of Digory Kirke, and Meryl Streep as lion Aslan the Great. The film will reportedly adapt The Magician’s Nephew, the sixth novel in the Narnia series from author C.S. Lewis, which tells t…
Mackey Set As White Witch In "Narnia"
British actress Emma Mackey (“Death on the Nile,” “Sex Education,” “Barbie”) has scored the coveted role of The White Witch in Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” novels. Singer Charli XCX was previously tipped for the role until yesterday when a report emerged…
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