Home Entertainment News Grinvalds/123RF / Netflix Netflix has never been a friend of the multiplex. For most of its existence as a film studio, the streamer has treated theaters as a reluctant pit stop — a brief, begrudging detour before content lands where it was always meant to: on your couch. That’s starting to change, and the company is making the shift in the most attention-grabbing way possible. The streamer announced Friday that Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew will get a proper wide theatrical release on February 12, 2026, with a 45-day exclusivity window before it hits the platform on April 2. For a company that has historically treated theatrical runs as awards bait rather than a distribution strategy, this is a meaningful step. Gerwig’s Narnia is the right film to make this bet on There’s a reason Netflix picked this one to break the mold.  The Magician’s Nephew  — the origin story of the Narnia universe , adapting C.S.…