On the surface, C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia may be a strange choice for blockbuster director Greta Gerwig’s Barbie follow-up, but given her lifelong love of the source material, religious upbringing, and feminist bona fides make for an intriguing mix as a storyteller. (Look, few characters in children’s literature deserve the reinvention of Gerwig’s Amy March treatment as much as poor Susan Pevensie.)
Most importantly, perhaps, is the fact that Gerwig’s striking out on her own path, eschewing the obvious choice of adapting The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe et again and starting her franchise with The Magician’s Nephew. Though the book is technically the sixth in Lewis’s Narnia series, it’s actually the first story chronologically, providing a crucial origin story for many of the world’s most familiar and powerful elements.
The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Release Date: TBD 2026 on BritBox
Everyone knows who Elizabeth Bennet is, even if your only real exposure to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is video edits featuring Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Darcy doing that infamous hand flex. Most who’ve read the book or seen an adaptation probably remember Lizzie’s older sister Jane, who marries Mr. Bingley. Wild younger sister Lydia and her closest confidante, Kitty, are memorable for the trouble the former gets into. But what you might not remember is the fact that there’s actually a fifth Bennet child. And the BBC and BritBox are aiming to finally give this often-ignored character her due in their adaptation of Janice Hadlow’s The Other Bennet Sister, which allows middle sister Mary to finally step into the spotlight on her own terms.
The 10-episode series will follow the story of the least well-known member of the Bennet clan as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity. (And of course finds herself in the middle of a love story of her own.) Ella Bruccoleri stars as Mary, alongside Maddie Close, Poppy Gilbert, Grace Hogg-Robinson, and Molly Wright as her sisters Jane, Lizzie, Lydia, and Kitty, respectively. Other familiar faces in the cast include Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Richard Coyle, Laurie Davidson, and Dónal Finn.
Carrie by Stephen King
Release Date: TBD 2026 on Prime Video
