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15 Years Later, Netflix Is Restarting An Epic Fantasy Franchise With A Forgotten Prequel

Greta Gerwig's next project is starting off with a smart but risky move.

Inverse

Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation lands historic deal ahead of Netflix release

Director’s forthcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis book series will be released in 2026

The Independent UK

Netflix is Doing a Total Reboot of an Underrated Fantasy Franchise

Greta Gerwig is starting with the prequel for her upcoming movie series, at least according to Jason Isaacs.

Inverse

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People everywhere are head down, lost in the oblivion of infinite scroll. Just stop and let the moment breathe

The pull of our feeds reduces our capacity to be present. Practising relaxed attentiveness – or prayer – can bring us back to what really matters

The Guardian - AU

Lost GK Chesterton essay about detective stories published for first time

Unpublished essay linked to author’s membership of ‘secret society of mystery writers’ to be printed in Strand Magazine

The Guardian - US

Queensland island that inspired scenes in Chronicles of Narnia film sold for $5.6m

Little Green Island was owned by film producer and actor Douglas Gresham, who is the stepson of Narnia author CS Lewis

The Guardian - AU

The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith review: fair-minded and terrific

A book about children’s books is, of course, one for the grown-ups, but it is a subject that holds us long after we’ve joined the readers-aloud rather than the read-to classes. CS Lewis, who was perceptive about the allure of children’s books (he would be, wouldn’t he), observed that he…

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‘You need to think of history like a sausage’: Rodney Hall devours one momentous year in his new novel

At 88, the two-time winner of the Miles Franklin award has captured the grand geopolitical tangle of 1954 in his ambitious 14th novel, Vortex

The Guardian - AU

In brief: CS Lewis’s Oxford; True Love; Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story – review

A fascinating study of CS Lewis’s years in his adopted city; an excellent gritty romance by Paddy Crewe; and James Blunt enters the music memoir hall of fame

The Guardian - UK

Wild ting: why a chattel house now sits on a manicured Scottish lawn

Two years in the making, and drawing on themes of healing, the slave trade and even Vikings, the latest show by Alberta Whittle, who represented Scotland at Venice, has taken over a grand mansion on a holiday isle

The Guardian - UK

Freud’s Last Session review – what-if meeting of minds with Anthony Hopkins as the master analyst

Hopkins’ Sigmund Freud locks horns with Matthew Goode’s CS Lewis in an imaginary encounter that is watchable but not terribly profound

The Guardian - UK

CS Lewis should have tried self-reflection

The Guardian - UK

‘Loud-mouthed bully’: CS Lewis satirised Oxford peer in secret poems

Exclusive: Chronicles of Narnia author detested HC Wyld so intensely he wrote mocking verse in a copy of his own book

The Guardian - UK

Best books about British history to read in 2024

From ancient Londinium to the complex legacy of Imperialism, read of what lies beneath the surface of our modern existence

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7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (April 19)

From returning sci-fi franchises to star-studded true crime dramas, there’s plenty to watch this weekend.

The Guardian - UK

‘This idle prig’: the truth about CS Lewis and John Betjeman’s long-lasting feud

At Oxford, Lewis complained repeatedly in his diary about his student Betjeman’s attitude to work. A newly discovered letter throws light on their mutual antipathy

The Guardian - UK

10 walks through history: ancient UK pathways in stunning countryside

From the John Bunyan trail to Silbury Hill, these short “pilgrimages” offer a chance to soak up myths and legends

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William Moseley Excited For Greta Gerwig's Narnia Adaptation On Netflix

Excitement builds for Netflix's modern adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, led by director Greta Gerwig. William Moseley endorses the project, signalin...

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Reason

Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy

The real crisis seems to be in academia, not at the Court

Louder

Great new prog from No-Man, Sleepmakeswaves, Temic and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

The week's coolest new prog music to check out from Exist Immortal, Slowshift, i Häxa and more...

Cinemablend

Barbie’s Greta Gerwig Explains Why She’s In ‘Terror’ About Narnia Series For Netflix

Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig's next project will be a Chronicles of Narnia adaptation for Netflix, and the director is opening up about why she is terrified about approaching the source material.

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins shines in 'Freud's Last Session'

“Freud’s Last Session,” starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud, adds to a string of sterling late-chapter performances by the 86-year-old actor

The Guardian - US

‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival

A new film on the doctor is weak on the facts. But it marks a year in which we’ve turned to his theories to comprehend suffering – and to get treatment

The Guardian - UK

Items ‘donated’ to the nation are simply what taxpayers are owed

The Guardian - UK

Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

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