Readers will know that I'm no fan of Netflix... or really, any major streaming service, for that matter.
While Netflix might have the occasional banger, it's mostly slop that's either unforgivably boring or downright disrespectful. Right off the top of my head, I can list a handful of franchises and brands Netflix got a hold of and ruined because it hired writers and directors who thought they knew how to make the story better than the original writers and creators who made it famous in the first place.
Yet, despite all the pushback and viewer retention loss, Netflix never seemed to learn its lesson, which indicates that it was less about the content and more about something else. Given the status of the entertainment industry, we can safely conclude the real concerns were with the socio-political messaging.
It's a trend that went full speed ahead at Netflix, and even to the point where Netflix decided it wanted its own "Rings of Power" moment. With its purchasing power, it raided another member of the Inklings' pantry, C.S. Lewis, the creator of "The Chronicles of Narnia."
Loyal readers will know I've been covering this disaster since day one, and recently, it's become clear just how disastrous it is.
In the last update, it was reported that the reshoots spoken about earlier this year, which Netflix shrugged off as typical and mundane, were actually major issues surrounding the film itself. Reports are coming in that detail a studio that was getting back awful results during its test screenings, with one source familiar with the production calling the reception a "genuine problem" and another comparing it to the film adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time," which itself was a hollow, soulless disaster.
But now it seems there's more to the story.
On Monday, news suddenly dropped that a Netflix exec had gotten the axe with very little in the way of explanation.
Netflix has fired their head of film Dan Lin. (via: @MattBelloni) https://t.co/fgyNEA0xR7
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 19, 2026
Now, come to find out, the firing may very well have had something to do with "Narnia."
According to Geeks and Gamers, the insider who gave us the scoop about "Narnia's" trouble on the inside is now relating the firing of Dan Lin to the disaster that is the "Narnia" live-action reimagining:
Shortly after news of Lin's departure broke, Jeff Sneider of The Insneider took to social media to connect the executive's dismissal to Gerwig's upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis' fantasy series.
"Lin was fired over the weekend and im told that NARNIA was a factor," Sneider wrote.
The "journalist" also suggested Lin would likely return to producing, where he previously enjoyed success with franchises including It, The LEGO Movie, and Sherlock Holmes.
This is happening amid Netflix laying off 1,000 employees as well.
According to Sneider, Gerwig and Lin were constantly at odds behind the scenes, as Lin had "extensive notes concerning the film and believed he could help address its problems during postproduction." Apparently, Lin's attempts to push Gerwig to fix the film created so much tension that they had to have a liaison between them:
The disagreement allegedly escalated when Gerwig approached her CAA representative, Bryan Lourd, who subsequently raised the matter with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos.
Reports suggested the situation became so contentious that a buffer was established between Gerwig and Lin to minimize their direct interactions.
Gerwig, the woman currently taking an ugly stick to "Narnia," has been causing severe doubts among the public that were only confirmed when various bits of news were made official, including a disastrous first trailer and, of course, the announcement that Meryl Streep would be voicing Aslan.
And to all of this I say... good.
A bastardization of "Narnia" is, like "Rings of Power," going to be one of the most alienating creations mainstream entertainment outlets have ever released, and will do a lot to remind people that the garbage they release is not to be taken seriously. It's bad fan fiction, at best.
And it's a wonderful thought that C.S. Lewis is helping collapse the woke media industry from beyond the grave. This is just one nail in the coffin among many, but his will be one of the bigger nails by far.
I hope that Gerwig's career is absolutely destroyed by this fiasco, and that it shows just how great a filmmaker she's not. Yes, "Barbie" had a lot of success, but you'll also remember it was part of a cultural moment and had some very misleading advertising behind it, and had a mainstream feminist message that, when scrutinized, actually doesn't make feminism look all that great. Regardless, she had a lot of handicaps going into "Barbie."
She does not have them for "Narnia," and it's showing.
