Will Aslan Be Female in Netflix's Narnia Reboot?!

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Et tu, Greta?

In my last post, I talked about how Disney's Snow White was going to be a box office bomb and not show any amount of respect for the original 1937 film. The film dropped last month and...I and most people were pretty much right on the money. 

To continue this tiresome modern trend of making unfaithful reboots that barely please anyone and bomb faster than one can say "screw it," there is an adaptation of the Narnia series currently being produced at Netflix of all places with the first movie being based on The Magician's Nephew, the sixth book published but the first one chronologically. And the director? Greta Gerwig. Yes, that Greta Gerwig who directed 2023's Barbie which ended up being a radical feminist and misandrist manifesto. What could possibly go wrong?

Not much is known as of late, but apparently Aslan, the lion who rules over the land of Narnia, will be voiced by actress Meryl Streep. So will Aslan still be male but have a female voice, or will Aslan be a lioness? Only time will tell, but knowing who is heading this production, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the latter is true.

What really makes this frustrating is that the Narnia series as a whole is an overt Christian allegory. Aslan in particular is a representation of Jesus Christ. In fact, he is Jesus taking on a different form in another universe. Therefore, having him be voiced by a woman or having him be a woman downplays that fact and makes it seem like this will be a feminist subversion of a beloved Christian story. Never mind that there are plenty of strong female characters in the series already.

If I were you, I would avoid this altogether. Remember that hate-watching is still watching. For a good example of Narnia adaptations, check out the three movies produced by Disney before they sucked (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader).