And if all goes well, Aslan may be speaking with ... as it tells the origin story of Narnia. The main characters of that story are children named Digory and Polly, and their uncle Andrew.

After all, with characters like Lucy, Susan, and the White Witch, Narnia has no shortage of strong female leads. Whatever the case, Gerwig really needs to treat this adaptation as delicately as ...

Bishop of Hull Alison White blesses a statue of Aslan, a character from C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, at St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Photo by Danny Lawson / PA Images ...