Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Movies to Be Filmed at UK’s Shepperton Studios
The stage is being set for Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, and it appears that some of those stages will be at Shepperton Studios.
In an article about the rising British film industry for The Times, film journalist Ed Potton writes that Shepperton is “home to Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation,” alongside two upcoming Marvel Avengers films.
Located in Surrey, England, Shepperton is the second-largest film studio in the world, with 31 purpose-built sound stages and facilities comprising of 1.5 million square feet throughout the site.
Shepperton is owned by Pinewood Group and has been a filming hub for Netflix productions since 2019, with the streaming giant extending and expanding its relationship with the studio in 2021.
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More information! If they really are aiming for a 2026 release, you’d think they’d start finalizing the cast soon and prepping to shoot next year. But I’ll admit I never can tell exactly how long it takes to make big-budget-special-effects movies. Sometimes it seems they need two years, other times they start filming a year out from their release date and get it done. For Greta’s films though, I’ve wondered if they’ll shoot both pictures back to back.
I do hope we get some real locations as well. While New Zealand is beautiful and worked fine for the Walden films, I’d love to see scenery from the UK serve as scenery for Narnia.
@Forrest, I’m a little confused as to how they’re not casting yet if they really want to release the first movie in 2026 too.
@col klink Agreed, assuming they aren’t casting yet. They may be casting at this very moment. Despite leaks and rumors and what insiders say, a lot of movie business is done without the public’s knowledge. Netflix productions especially seem adept at keeping their productions under wraps. These Narnia movies may not be doing an open casting call. Or like you imply, maybe they haven’t begun. I don’t know. But I don’t see why we should expect to be updated on things like this. I’m sure they are location-scouting right now too and hiring crew, but they aren’t necessarily publicizing it.
How I’d love to be a fly-on-the-wall at Shepperton when they’re filming. Hopefully not too long before production begins!
In terms of casting announcements, the first casting details for Walden’s LWW didn’t come out untill 18 months before release.
For Gerwig’s movie, we’ve only just crossed the 2 year boundary (if the Thanksgiving 2026 rumours are correct) therefore we shouldn’t really expect any casting news untill maybe March or April?
This feels like real news! Finally!
Just 15 miles from me. But sadly, it could be next door and it wouldn’t make any difference to my level of access! Hoping for some updates in early 2025.
Piece by piece, we’re getting closer to seeing this all put together!
From comments made by Greta, I think she will try to film as much of the series as possible in England. Walden went for NZ to capitalise on LOTR popularity, but Greta seems committed to the English-ness of Narnia.
I love Narnia!!!
Further Up and Further In!
Latest News (sorry): Greta might have one foot out the door.
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/narnia-netflixs-imax-plans-struggling-greta-gerwigs-status-as-director-in-doubt/