Netflix's Narnia reboot: Meryl Streep in talks to play Aslan in Greta Gerwig's directorial

Meryl Streep, the legendary and Oscar-winning actress, is in talks to play the iconic role of Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s The Chronicles of Naria reboot for Netflix, according to Nexus Point News. Aslan, the Great Lion, is a prominent character in the CS Lewis series and appears in all seven parts (chronicles).

Liam Neeson previously voiced this character in Walden Media’s live-action Narnia film trilogy from the 2000s. While the news is yet to be officially confirmed, it has created humongous excitement on social media.

Taking to X, one netizen wrote, “WHOA! Meryl Streep is set to voice Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s ‘THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA’?!” A netizen slammed the production and wrote, “Supposedly, they are turning Aslan into a female lion… which is a total b******ization of the source material because Aslan is supposed to be an allegory for Jesus, the Lion of Judah. I hate Hollywood so much. They are going to stick a chick in the movie and make it lame and gay.”

Greta Gerwig, who will be writing and directing the Netflix adaptation of Narnia had said in 2024, “I’m slightly in the place of terror because I really do have such reverence for Narnia, I loved Narnia so much as a child. As an adult, CS Lewis is a thinker and a writer. I’m intimidated by doing this. It’s something that feels like a worthy thing to be intimidated by. As a non-British person, I feel a particular sense of wanting to do it correctly it’s like when Americans do Shakespeare, there’s a slight feeling of reverence and as if maybe we should treat it with extra care. It is not our countryman.”