First Look at Daniel Craig as Uncle Andrew in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew

The first look at Daniel Craig as Uncle Andrew in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew has been officially revealed. According to Gerwig, Uncle Andrew is “the stupidest magician in the world who actually made magic.”

Craig’s Uncle Andrew has spent years experimenting with magical objects and artifacts. His experiments lead young Digory (David McKenna) and his neighbor Polly (Beatrice Campbell) into a series of magical events that affect Digory, Polly, Aslan, Jadis, and even the existence of Narnia itself.

In a recent interview with Empire, Craig says Andrew may not be cruel, but he becomes so excited by magic that he overlooks the people around him and the consequences of his actions.

Craig said, “I’d like to say that his intentions are good, but I’m not sure that they are.” Craig added, “It’s not to say that he’s cruel and mean and awful. He gets overexcited about what could be, and therefore overlooks the people around him and the consequences of what he’s doing.”

Craig has a long-standing connection to Narnia from his childhood, as he remembers reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in a single sitting. “It was the first time I started a book and finished it near dawn, and I’d never read a book cover-to-cover before.”

Below, you can see the new look at Emma Mackey as Jadis in Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. Mackey said, “There’s this great line in the script where she’s described as ‘all chaos and bad plans.’ She’s this larger-than-life creature who appears in Digory and Polly’s world and takes them by surprise.”

Written and directed by Gerwig, the fantasy adventure adapts The Magician’s Nephew, the sixth book in the series. The story takes place before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and focuses on how Aslan created Narnia.

Here’s the official logline: “Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig brings C. S. Lewis’s beloved story The Magician’s Nephew to the screen for the first time in a sweeping adventure that invites dreamers of all ages to experience the creation of Narnia.” 

The cast of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew includes David McKenna as Digory Kirke, Beatrice Campbell as Polly Plummer, Emma Mackey as Jadis, the future White Witch and last Queen of Charn, Carey Mulligan as Mabel Kirke, Digory’s mother, Daniel Craig as Andrew Ketterley, Digory’s uncle, Ciarán Hinds, Meryl Streep, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Denise Gough, Susan Wokoma, Tom Bonington as Mr. Potts, Ava Jager as Violet Plummer, Polly’s sister, Gerard Monaco, James Murray, and Samantha Spiro.

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is produced by Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Vincent Sieber-Smith, and Gerwig, and executive produced by Patricia Whitcher and Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams for the C. S. Lewis Estate. The film is co-produced by Christine Crais. Netflix will handle domestic distribution for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, and Sony Pictures Entertainment will distribute the film outside of North America.

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew will have IMAX previews on February 10, 2027, before its worldwide theatrical release on February 12, excluding France. The film will then begin streaming on Netflix on April 2.