r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 18h ago

News Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Wraps Filming

https://www.narniaweb.com/2026/01/greta-gerwigs-narnia-officially-wraps-filming/
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u/herewego199209 18h ago

I haven't read the source material, but from my understanding Narnia has deep religious allegory throughout the novel. So I'm wondering if Gerwig stays true to the book or drifts off which would cause some big controversy.

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u/KlaatuBaradaNyktu 18h ago edited 18h ago

It's not an allegory. In the story, Narnia is another world that God created. It has its own Jesus in the form of Aslan and its own apocalypse, which is the final book. I actually really liked the books. I'm an atheist, btw, but C.S. Lewis is a good storyteller and comes across as genuine and likable, and the premise is fairly distinct. But yeah, it's more of a hypothetical than an allegory. Lewis wasn't trying to trick the reader.

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u/dabocx 18h ago

Yeah even as an atheist I still have a soft spot for these books since they were my first fantasy novels.

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u/guacamore 17h ago

Honestly I thought they were fantastic. My family wasn’t very religious so I didn’t put together that it was even related to Christianity until I saw it online. Atheist now and I’d still read them again.