Riding high off the success of Barbie Greta Gerwig the supposed life long Narnia fan has decided to strip out the very fundamental core of what Narnia is and make it a rock opera.
Why?
Well your answer is as good as ours, being high on her own supply, thinking she knows better, thinking the source material needs to be changed for the mythical modern audience, who knows. However, one thing is for sure this is an incredibly expensive film for Netflix and one that has a lot riding on it.
Narnia is at its core a deeply British and deeply religious text it is not really funny, silly or good grounds to force in some dance numbers but no doubt they’ll try.
The question has to be asked why are these IP holders so ready to allow these people to come in and take a large bowl movement all over the IP they are supposed to be managing. Do they not care about the IP, do they not understand the idea of brand damage.
If you look at how the Broccoli’s were with Bond for a long time they protected the IP they said what a Bond film could and couldn’t be they maintained it’s identity, this is not happening here.
Who is Gerwig to think audiences want her Narnia film rather than an actual proper adaptation. She has only made one commercially successful film.
The culling at Netflix has already begun with a lot of people involved with it being let go.
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