The chronicles of controversy.
“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig’s upcoming “The Chronicles of Narnia” adaptation has sparked backlash over the most recent casting information.
Deadline not too long ago reported that Meryl Streep is in talks to voice Aslan within the movie.
Within the novels written by C.S. Lewis, Aslan is a speaking lion who serves as Narnia’s guardian. Within the unique “Narnia” motion pictures, Aslan is voiced by Liam Neeson.
Information of Streep’s alleged casting as Aslan sparked a largely adverse response from followers on social media.
“But Aslan is a male lion?” one fan wrote on X.
“Of course, we need a female Aslan. It would be crazy to just write a female character,” one other particular person stated.
A special fan requested, “Why do they feel the need to gender-swap Aslan?”
Another person tweeted, “Aslan is Jesus. Jesus was a man.”
“Aslan is literally a male lion. Will all due respect to Meryl Streep’s acting abilities, there’s no conceivable reason to cast a female as Aslan unless it is to deliberately subvert C.S. Lewis,” one other tweet learn.
“@netflix this is nothing short of insane. Its an assault on the fan base,” a special account wrote.
“Have you learned nothing from the Snow White disaster?” they added.
Deadline beforehand reported that Charli XCX is in talks for the position of Queen Jadis/the White Witch, performed by Tilda Swinton within the unique movie sequence. The outlet additionally claimed that Daniel Craig was supplied a job within the movie.
Gerwig, 41, has been tapped to direct two “Narnia” motion pictures. The primary shall be launched in IMAX theaters on Thanksgiving Day 2026 for 2 weeks, earlier than it premieres on Netflix.
The movie shall be Gerwig’s first directorial function since “Barbie,” which grossed over $1.4 billion on the worldwide field workplace in 2023.
Gerwig beforehand gave some perception into her tackle the beloved fantasy sequence.
“It’s connected to the folklore and fairy stories of England, but it’s a combination of different traditions,” she informed Time final yr. “As a child, you accept the whole thing—that you’re in this land of Narnia, there’s fauns, and then Father Christmas shows up. It doesn’t even occur to you that it’s not schematic.”
“I’m interested in embracing the paradox of the worlds that Lewis created, because that’s what’s so compelling about them,” she added.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos informed Time that Gerwig’s “Narnia” motion pictures “won’t be counter to how the audience may have imagined those worlds, but it will be bigger and bolder than they thought.”
The unique “Chronicles of Narnia” movie trilogy got here out between 2005 and 2010. Andrew Adamson directed the primary two motion pictures whereas Michael Apted directed the third.
