Exclusive: Netflix's ChroniclesOfNarnia finds its creative architect with Coco co-writer Matthew Aldrich
The digital streaming giant is tackling the fantasy books by C.S. Lewis as both series and film, with Aldrich serving as the creative architect on all projects. He will shepherd all development and creative on the multiple adaptations.
Narnia consists of seven books, all set in the fantastical land of Narnia, and originally published in the 1950s. The best known of the books,, follows four children who are evacuated to the British countryside during the London air raids during World War II. In their new home, they discover a wardrobe that leads them to Narnia, a land in danger from the villainous White Queen, and to Aslan, a talking lion.
The books have been adapted numerous times via stage, television, and radio. The most recent, and most expensive, undertaking occurred in the aughts when Walden Media spearheaded a trio of big-screen adaptations that were first released by Disney and then Fox. A new set of movies were to be developed in the 2010s but those plans were dropped when Netflix made a multi-year deal with the C.S. Lewis Company in late 2018. The plan calls for a wide-range of stories from across the Narnia landscape told in a set of movies and at least one series.
The company conducted a wide-ranging search to find its architect, with Aldrich winning the big, multi-level job. The writer, repped by CAA and Silent R Management, is best known for his work as co-writer on, the 2017 Pixar/Disney fantasy adventure set during Mexico's Day of the Dead that grossed over $800 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for best animated feature.
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