Greta Gerwig On Securing Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” For ‘Narnia’ Trailer: “They Too Love C.S. Lewis”
Greta Gerwig secured permission from Led Zeppelin to use “Stairway to Heaven” in the trailer for her film Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. She said Robert Plant and Jimmy Page agreed after seeing the film’s story and sharing a reverence for C.S. Lewis, making the song’s first on-screen use especially significant.
Gerwig described the 1971 song as a narrative about spiritual journeys, enlightenment and false paths, themes she sees at the heart of the film. The story follows Digory and Polly as they travel through magical pools to other worlds, eventually bringing a dangerous queen to London. The film opens in Imax on 12 February 2027 and arrives on Netflix on 2 April.
- Led Zeppelin approved the song for Gerwig’s Narnia film.
- Gerwig linked its spiritual themes to the story.
- The film reaches Imax in February 2027 and Netflix in April.
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Led Zeppelin are a British rock band whose members include singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page. Their 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven” is one of their best-known recordings, and its use in films has been rare.
C.S. Lewis was a British author best known for The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of fantasy books set partly in a magical world. The Magician’s Nephew, one of the books, follows Digory and Polly as they discover routes to other worlds and encounter a dangerous queen.
Greta Gerwig is directing a film adaptation of the story. The reported agreement to use the song brings together a well-known piece of rock music and a fantasy story whose themes Gerwig says she sees in the song.