A “Narnia” superfan is taking action amid the ongoing debate over the next film installment based on C.S. Lewis’ beloved book series.
Chaz Migliacci, who has studied Lewis’ work for the past 20 years and runs a Narnia fan community of more than 81,000 members, created a Change.org petition asking Netflix to remove director Greta Gerwig from future film versions of the popular stories.
Gerwig’s upcoming rendition of “The Magician’s Nephew” has sparked controversy over the casting of Meryl Streep — a woman — to play Aslan the lion, widely known as a representative of Christ in the “Narnia” series, among other issues.
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“Originally, a lot of the fan base and the fan community had initial concerns, and there was a little bit of anxiety involved,” Migliacci told CBN News. “We initially [saw] reports coming out describing ‘Narnia’ as being all about rock and roll, and it just escalated from there.”
He continued, “Our initial concerns revolved around the fact that the whole premise of rock-and-roll is a clash with the essence of what ‘Narnia’ is. ‘Narnia’ has a bit more of an ethereal feel to it, where rock-and-roll — it just doesn’t fit the premise at all. Rock-and-roll is more of a modern tone, and … that’s not something that C .S. Lewis was very fond of.”
But that was only the beginning, as Migliacci said that concerns only mounted as every update on the new film seemed to stray “farther and farther” from what fans believed it should be.
“[Lewis] was very much against what he called chronological snobbery. It was the idea that because something is newer it therefore must be better,” Migliacci said. “Really, that’s what it feels like is being done with his own series. … the stripping of his theology, his philosophy, and even some of his personal life from his own life’s work. That’s really what began the petition.”
If Netflix decides to continue adapting the seven books in the series, Migliacci said he wants them to choose a different director who understands Lewis’ intentions and has a “respect for the foundation of the series.”
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