Audiences will have to wait a few more months to see “Narnia: The Wizard’s Nephew,” whose release date has been pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027.

In addition to reviving “Narnia” on the big screen and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first film since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” also appears to be the next step in Netflix’s relationship with movie theaters — and it becomes an even bigger step with the delay.

The company previously said “The Magician’s Nephew” would air exclusively on Imax screens for at least two weeks before a Christmas streaming release. It would be an ambitious theatrical release by Netflix standards, but relatively limited compared to many other Hollywood blockbusters.

Now, Netflix says “The Magician’s Nephew” will begin exclusive Imax previews on February 10, 2027, followed by a wide worldwide theatrical release on February 12. (In Netflix’s words, this will be a “global event release.”) The film won’t begin streaming until April 2.

The company’s announcement did not specify which theaters will show “The Magician’s Nephew,” but Imax released a statement noting that the delay will allow the film to have “a full release window,” so major theater chains are unlikely to complain.

In fact, AMC Theaters recently highlighted the success of its final screenings of “Stranger Things” and announced plans to further collaborate with Netflix. At the same time, the streamer’s limited support for theatrical releases and resistance to exclusive theatrical windows was reportedly a “dealbreaker” in negotiations with the creators of “Stranger Things,” who ultimately signed an exclusivity deal with Paramount.

With a cast including Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep, “The Magician’s Nephew” adapts one of the final books in CS Lewis’ classic fantasy series – a prequel that traces the origins of Narnia.

In Netflix’s announcement, Gerwig said she first read the book as a child, when she “fell in love with the beautifully improbable but completely brilliant concept of a cosmic lion singing the world of Narnia into life.”