Carey Mulligan is in negotiations for a key role in Narnia, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia fantasy novels, THR breaks.
Casting is still underway, but Mulligan will be joining Emma Mackey, Meryl Streep, and Daniel Craig. The film is getting a two-week theatrical release in late 2026, so further casting announcements are expected soon.
Gerwig’s take on Narnia, which is being backed by Netflix, will reportedly tackle the sixth novel of the series, The Magician’s Nephew. Gerwig directs from a script she wrote. Nephew, which was published after the most famous book in the series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, serves as the latter’s prequel. It follows two youngsters who, thanks to an uncle’s magic dabbling, unleash the evil White Witch (played by Mackey) into a turn of the 20th century London.
Craig is reportedly playing the uncle, and Streep is voicing Aslan, the anthropomorphic lion and the King of Kings. Mulligan reportedly plays the very sick mother of Digory, one of the two kids in the adventure. The young characters have not yet been cast.
Carey Mulligan is a three-time Oscar nominee for her performances in Maestro, Promising Young Woman and An Education, and recently appeared in Saltburn.
