Gerwig’s Narnia, Villeneuve’s Dune and other films Guardian writers flag for 2026

Guardian writers have highlighted a slate of films they are most excited about for 2026, singling out Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Messiah and Charli XCX’s mockumentary The Moment among others. On Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, the piece notes Gerwig is restarting the series with an adaptation of CS Lewis’s origins/prequel; the writer describes the book’s Edenic fall, its “deplorable word” and a mystical apple.

Some casting is known: Emma Mackey as the future White Witch, Carey Mulligan as the terminally ill mother of one of the children, and a suggestion that Daniel Craig might be Aslan or Uncle Andrew “– or both, or neither.” About Dune: Messiah, the article says Denis Villeneuve fast‑tracked the final chapter after the reception of Part Two, and that the film is “now due this December,” though the writer flags concerns about adapting Frank Herbert’s weirder sequel.

The piece expresses confidence in Villeneuve’s vision following his first two Dune films. Charli XCX’s The Moment is described as a mockumentary spawned from a confessional text of “word vomit,” with Aidan Zamiri directing his first feature, a score by AG Cook and a starring role for Alexander Skarsgård.

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Culture, Greta Gerwig, Narnia, Denis Villeneuve, Dune Messiah, Charli Xcx