Narnia: The Magician's Nephew drops first trailer
Greta Gerwig, director of Barbie, helms this installment of the saga that will hit theaters first and then Netflix.
Hipertextual reported on the first trailer for Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, the new film by Greta Gerwig. The movie will hit theaters first and then arrive on Netflix.
The director gained worldwide recognition with Barbie. Now she signs on for a new installment of The Chronicles of Narnia saga. According to Hipertextual, the preview reveals the first details of what we'll see on screen.
A preview that confirms the return
For those who grew up with these stories, the return weighs heavy. It weighs differently when the person behind the camera comes from the worldwide acclaim of Barbie: Gerwig now takes the lead on a saga with its own audience.
«Human imagination is a small reflection of something much greater.»
It's best not to ask the preview for more than it gives. A teaser shows flashes; the full story is told in the theater, and there each person decides if it was worth it.
Did you watch the previous installments at home, on a borrowed screen, or in a weekend marathon? This time the route starts at the movies. The wait, the ticket, the dark theater: all of that is part of the fun too.
Beginnings are the underlying question
The name of this installment, The Magician's Nephew, makes me think about beginnings. Few cultures skip that question: where did all this come from? Origin stories captivate us because all of us, at some point, look back searching for a first page.
The Bible answers in its first line, without beating around the bush: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1, ESV). No cosmos assembled by chance, no spark without intention.
There is a Creator who speaks, and what He says, exists. That conviction changes the way we look at any story about new worlds: if everything that exists comes from a word, human imagination is a small reflection of something much greater.
You don't need to be a film expert to notice it. Just ask yourself who laid the first stone of everything that exists.
How to enter the theater
A preview is a short promise. What you do next is up to you: you can go for the effects, for nostalgia, or for the conversation with whoever comes with you. I'd suggest the third. Go with someone and, on the way out, ask each other what stayed with you and what bothered you.
It's also worth guarding the order of your loves. Entertainment is good and enjoying it is not wrong; the problem appears when a story takes the place that belongs only to God. A movie can awaken big questions. Don't let them die at the theater exit.
So here's my honest question: when you see it, will you stay with the wonder of the images or will you dare to follow the question all the way to the Creator behind every beginning?
