NARNIA: Meryl Streep In Early Talks To Play Aslan In Greta Gerwig's Upcoming Adaptation For Netflix

Greta Gerwig's upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia film for Netflix may have found its Aslan in Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep! Plus, we have more details on which book the film may adapt...

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By RohanPatel - Apr 03, 2025 04:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Netflix

It sounds like Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia movie for Netflix will be taking a considerably different direction with its casting, however, they're also enlisting some seriously A-list talent for key roles.

According to Deadline, the streamer is currently in early negotiations with 3x Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building; Mamma Mia!; The Devil Wears Prada) to play Aslan the Great Lion, although they stress that they aren't close to making an offer just yet, although things do seem to be trending in the right direction.

In the context of the series, Aslan was created as an allegory for Jesus by author C. S. Lewis and is the only character to appear in all seven books. In addition to the Great Lion, he is also referred to as King of Beasts, the son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, and the King above all High Kings in Narnia.

The CGI role was previously voiced by Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Nexus Point News was the first to report the news earlier this week and they've also seemingly learned that the new film will adapt the sixth book The Magician's Nephew, which chronologically takes place first in C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series.

The Magician's Nephew, originally published in 1955, reveals the origin of Narnia and follows Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, who discover the magical world through Digory's uncle Andrew's magic. Daniel Craig (Knives Out; No Time to Die; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is reportedly being eyed for Andrew, while Charli XCX is in talks for Jadis, who later becomes the White Witch.

Streep is considered one of the greatest actresses of all-time, but hasn't been part of a film project since 2021's Don't Look Up, so this will certainly be an exciting return to the big screen for her. Her more recent credits include Only Murders in the Building, Extrapolations, Let Them All Talk, The Prom, Little Women, The Laundromat, and Big Little Lies.

As for what's next, she's scheduled to shoot a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada later this year and is also attached to a series version of the hit novel The Corrections.

With casting underway, we should get bigger updates in the coming weeks as it prepares for a summer shoot. The upcoming film is tentavively scheduled to have a limited theatrical window starting Thanksgiving 2026, before debuting on Netflix a short while after, presumably on Christmas Day.

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ProfessorWhy - 4/3/2025, 4:02 PM

Wow, to be cast as Storm, then Aslan..... amazing

harryba11zack - 4/3/2025, 4:15 PM

@ProfessorWhy -

Wahhvacado - 4/3/2025, 4:03 PM

WOKE

Havenless - 4/3/2025, 4:03 PM

I’m not super opposed to this, but… is Aslan going to be a female lion then?

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/3/2025, 4:48 PM

@Havenless -

No.

Because this isn't Aslan.

This is liberals making fan films.

Could Disney make T'Challa, Blade, Storm, Bishop, War Machine, America Chavez, Shang-Chi, and Falcon White?

People would say it's non canon, right?

UncleHarm1 - 4/3/2025, 5:04 PM

@MakeAmericaGrea - Even the worst fan films are more entertaining than your drivel

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/3/2025, 5:37 PM

@UncleHarm1 -

You wish it was just drivel.

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/3/2025, 5:38 PM

@UncleHarm1 -

I'm sorry you were abused.

UncleHarm1 - 4/3/2025, 7:21 PM

@MakeAmericaGrea - Oooh I really got you with that one lol are your panties in a bunch or what

UncleHarm1 - 4/3/2025, 7:23 PM

@MakeAmericaGrea - It took you 4 tries to make 2 posts and that's all you got? 🤣😂That's the kind of soft brained, struggle to complete basic tasks behavior that leads to a vote for Trump.

You did it! I'm so proud of you

Polaris - 4/3/2025, 4:04 PM

Ok, but then will it be a lioness? Or will Meryl change her voice? Aslan without a mane would be weird.

TrentCrimm - 4/3/2025, 4:05 PM

I mean it's Meryl Streep, you can't rely say anything about the quality of her work, but I feel like Liam Neeson really set a tone with his Aslan, literally, and I think jumping so far away from that tone is going to be way too jarring and a hard adjustment for a lot of people, for me anyway.

Wahhvacado - 4/3/2025, 4:10 PM

@TrentCrimm - This is a very valid criticism.

I do think it will make many people disinterested in the show. At the same time actions like this keep people talking about it. Often times incessantly...

For me the concern is that it clashes with my internal narration of the character less so with the prior take specifically.

All that said if I hear it's good from people I respect the opinion of then I'll check it out.

JacobsLadder - 4/3/2025, 4:33 PM

@Wahhvacado - this is going to get roasted and it won't go away. It's going to be a laughingstock if it isn't already. There is no need for this nonsense.

Wahhvacado - 4/3/2025, 4:35 PM

@JacobsLadder - I can definitely understand concern with a choice like this. For me it's firmly in the maybe pile more due to me loving the books as a kid but I am definitely hesitant

JacobsLadder - 4/3/2025, 4:41 PM

@Wahhvacado - I love the books too. I read them to my kids when they were little. This is horseshit. Aslan is not some octogenarian female. He's just not. It's stupid.

grif - 4/3/2025, 4:06 PM

its a dude lion!

Matador - 4/4/2025, 8:05 AM

@grif -

0bstreperous - 4/3/2025, 4:12 PM

"Aslan was created as an allegory for Jesus by author C. S. Lewis"

C.S. Lewis was a very influential Christian and having this lady direct (didn't she do Barbie) without reflecting that and trying to make it woke like casting the wicked actress in that superstar musical is messed up

Clintthahamster - 4/3/2025, 5:39 PM

@0bstreperous - "having this lady direct . . . without reflecting that and trying to make it woke . . . is messed up"

It's a religious allegory, not a holy text. And what makes you think for a second that casting one of the greatest living actors in the most important role means it won't reflect CS Lewis' Christianity?

0bstreperous - 4/3/2025, 5:47 PM

@Clintthahamster - Barbie was woke the director is far left it's just like casting the wicked actress in Jesus Christ Superstar feminist nonsense

C.S. Lewis spent his life's work trying to communicate the gospel his gift was literature

Clintthahamster - 4/3/2025, 6:57 PM

@0bstreperous - Please explain exactly what about Barbie was woke. Not "are you kidding, of course it was." I'm genuinely curious to hear your response.

0bstreperous - 4/3/2025, 7:18 PM

@Clintthahamster - I didn't see it I'm sure it was feminist drivel from what I heard

Listen I don't go back and forth I take offense to them hijacking CS Lewis work he found God and tried to spread that love and truth this lady is about far left femi-nazism

Clintthahamster - 4/3/2025, 7:44 PM

@0bstreperous - To summarize, based on a movie you've never seen, you're confident that a series that hasn't started production will be about "far-left femi-Nazism" because they cast Oscar winner Meryl Streep as a talking lion, and ladies can't be allegorical representation of god's mercy, because that's just for boys.

0bstreperous - 4/3/2025, 7:57 PM

@Clintthahamster - What is your problem man? I’m arguing about the impression that I am getting based on the trend I observed. Have a good night.

Clintthahamster - 4/3/2025, 9:03 PM

@0bstreperous - My problem is that fandom has been infected with reactionary horseshit. But yeah, nothing to be gained with the back and forth.

harryba11zack - 4/3/2025, 4:13 PM

pHUCK NARNIA, 5 MINS of Gunn's wife's husband's superman has leaked online.

Battinson - 4/3/2025, 4:13 PM

Damn y'all, this whole month is April's Fools🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Malatrova15 - 4/3/2025, 4:28 PM

@Battinson - no kiding... Derek Chauvin was denied parole again...like...wtf.man!!?

Super12 - 4/3/2025, 4:14 PM

“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/3/2025, 4:51 PM

@Super12 -

Thank you.

HistoryofMatt - 4/3/2025, 4:15 PM

Woke feminist man-hating director does Woke feminist man-hating things for super-Woke streaming service that has a show right now where the evil antagonist is an evil right-wing 13 year old incel who killed a little girl in England even though 95% of all stabbing deaths in England are perpetrated by non-English immigrants.

Sounds about right.

This version of Narnia is as DOA as Rings of Power wound up being. F--k Netflix, for real.

JacobsLadder - 4/3/2025, 4:36 PM

@HistoryofMatt - I recently opened a Netflix account for the first time in about 8 years simply to watch its version of Watership Down. I couldn't believe how much expensive garbage there is. It's 99% trash. I can't believe it and these movies/shows cost hundreds of millions of dollars. I just don't get it.

MakeAmericaGrea - 4/3/2025, 4:52 PM

@HistoryofMatt -

Thank you.

GenD - 4/3/2025, 7:59 PM

@HistoryofMatt - except rings of power second season is the best series I’ve seen since GoT.

HistoryofMatt - 4/3/2025, 11:14 PM

@GenD - You are in an incredibly small minority.

TheWinkler - 4/3/2025, 4:15 PM

Trash decision, if true.

Just bring Liam Neeson back.
SPEAKING OF, DID YALL SEE THAT NAKED GUN TEASER?

Wahhvacado - 4/3/2025, 4:20 PM

@TheWinkler - Dude! Great callous on the teaser, I had no clue this was going to be a thing! Really brief but looks like it could be fun

TheWinkler - 4/3/2025, 4:24 PM

@Wahhvacado - I read about it a while ago, but I honestly never thought it'd get off the ground.

Looks funny as hell though! The OJ sting at the end was perfect.

NARNIA: Meryl Streep In Early Talks To Play Aslan In Greta Gerwig's Upcoming Adaptation For Netflix

Greta Gerwig's upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia film for Netflix may have found its Aslan in Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep! Plus, we have more details on which book the film may adapt...

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