Meryl Streep‘s casting as Aslan in the forthcoming Narnia film has sparked furious Christian backlash, while some critics have slammed the ‘woke‘ gender swap.
Greta Gerwig, who has helmed other projects such as Barbie (2023) and Little Women (2019), is both writing and directing Netflix‘s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew.
The movie is slated to hit theaters next year on February 12, 2027 before releasing on Netflix two months later on April 2.
Streep, 77, has been cast to voice Aslan, a mythical talking lion in the world of Narnia who parallels Jesus Christ in the books written by C.S. Lewis.
Liam Neeson originally voiced the
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