One of the biggest pop stars in the world ‘to have main role’ in Narnia film

While it seems the news isn’t official yet, Deadline has reported that the Grammy-award-winning artist has been in serious talks with the streaming giant to take on the role of the iconic villain.

To the delight of C.S. Lewis fans everywhere, Netflix announced in 2018 that it was preparing to develop a new series and film projects based on The Chronicles of Narnia series.

In 2020, Little Women director Greta Gerwig joined the project to adapt and direct the beloved children classics.

The only details that have been reported thus far is that the film will recevie an exclusive two-week Imax global run for Thanksgiving 2026 before coming to Netflix.

This is Gerwig’s first film since directing Barbie for Warner Bros., which became the studio’s highest-grossing movie of all time.

Charli XCX and Gerwig worked together on that project as well, at least in theory, as the singer’s song Speed Drive was part of the film’s soundtrack.

They both also featured in an Uber Eats Super Bowl advert alongside Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Bacon, Sean Evans, and Martha Stewart, so have presumably spent some time together.

It’s been a big year for Charli, who won five Brit Award wins at the weekend.

She’s also forayed into acting, with her upcoming debut screen credits including Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, and Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex.

Charli is on the lineup for Saturday, confirmed to be headlining the Other Stage by Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac’s Sidetracked podcast after taking over Levels last year.

Jadis the White Witch is perhaps the most iconic villain in the Chronicles of Narnia series, and was previously played by Tilda Swinton in the 2005 Walt Disney Pictures feature film adaptation.

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