Queen Jadis Rides in London (Again)
Door Jam: January 19, 2025
In February, we will start our next C.S. Lewis read-along: The Magician’s Nephew. Prepare for Narnia’s return to the big screen by going chapter-by-chapter through the book being adapted.
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On the heels of Netflix making its first official statement about Narnia in more than six years, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation returns to filming on the streets of London.
Over at What’s On Netflix, they have a collection of photos from Narnia’s return to the London streets. Most are similar to previous scenes: Jadis’ stunt double riding a horse and being chased by police.
These were all taken on January 11th, with some variations making their way onto social media, though some mistook the photos for Avengers: Doomsday. The photos were taken outside the historic Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, which was transformed into the 1950s, when the movie is set.
What’s On Netflix also reported that filming is expected to wrap by the middle of next month.
NarniaWeb also features a brief video from the set. Check out both sites for more.
Not Safe But Good
C.S. Lewis quote of the week
By putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it. As long as the story lingers in our mind, the real things are more themselves. … By dipping them in myth, we see them more clearly.
“Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings” (Lewis’ review of The Lord of the Rings) in On Stories
Tumnus’ bookshelf
Books by or about Lewis or Tolkien
I love highlighting these when they go on sale. Normally, these collections are $100, but occasionally they drop to $1.99. That’s the case right now for The C. S. Lewis Collection: Academic Works.
Inside this one ebook, you get An Experiment in Criticism, The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, Studies in Words, Image and Imagination, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, Selected Literary Essays, and The Personal Heresy.
Other books on sale:
Yours, Jack: Spiritual Direction from C.S. Lewis (ebook): $2.99
Letters to an American Lady (ebook): $1.99
All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis, 1922-1927 (ebook): $1.99
Narrative Poems (ebook): $1.99
A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis (ebook): $1.99
The Problem of Printers
Bad but unfortunately real C.S. Lewis book covers
Apparently, AI can design a cover but can’t spellcheck “Glory.”
Behind the Wardrobe
Sneak peek at the bonus articles
Why Narnia is Netflix’s “riskiest 2026 movie”
Lewis giving perspective on death and AI
A charity shop sold a rare copy of The Hobbit
Peter Jackson addresses longstanding Lord of the Rings trilogy rumor
News on The Hunt for Gollum and possibly more Middle-earth movies
And more!
