Sometimes there are early April stories so absurd that you hope they are just April Fool’s pranks, but unfortunately the idea that Netflix might decide to go with a female Aslan in their upcoming adaptations of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia appears to be very real.
The rumor had been percolating on the internet for a few days, but Deadline confirmed the news on Thursday, “Oscar winner Meryl Streep is in talks to play Aslan the Great Lion in Greta Gerwig and Netflix’s Narnia movie, we have confirmed with sources.”
Andreas Wiseman goes on to report, “We understand that they’re not quite at the offer stage yet, however.” 
Weisman observed, “In the novels, Aslan is a talking lion who serves as Narnia’s guardian and a guide for the human children. Generally portrayed as a male, Aslan was created as an allegory for Jesus by author…
