Zeppelin Gives Narnia a Stairway
Go ahead. Try watching that new Narnia trailer without getting chills when Led Zeppelin kicks in.
“Stairway to Heaven” supplies the classic rock muscle for the first trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, from Barbie director Greta Gerwig. And getting that song involved took more than picking the perfect track and turning it up.
Before audiences got their look, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant got a preview of their own. According to Variety, Gerwig wrote to the Zeppelin legends and showed them an early cut of the movie to make her case for using the song. Imagine sitting through that screening, then waiting for the guys behind “Stairway” to tell you what they think.
For Gerwig, the connection went beyond a huge guitar solo. She explained that the song’s spiritual journey and themes of taking the wrong path fit the story she wanted to tell. Page and Plant gave their permission, and Page later publicly praised Gerwig and expressed his excitement about her choice.
That makes this a pretty memorable meeting of worlds: the filmmaker behind Barbie convincing two rock legends to send “Stairway to Heaven” into Narnia.
Would the trailer hit quite as hard with another song? That’s a debate for the comments. Around here, we’re reaching for the volume.
Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew arrives in theaters February 12, 2027, before streaming on Netflix April 2.