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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1417693" data-attributes="member: 1288">The books don't tend to specifically mention Christianity, but the entire series was written to be a Biblical allegory. This wasn't something he tried to sneak in; even if it wasn't obvious, C. S. Lewis was quite open about what it was he was doing.The problem is, Disney/whoever may be stuck between a rock and a hard place on this issue. Fans of the work and artistic integrity are both going to demand that the series be at lesat somewhat true to both the details and spirit of the books. Completely stripping it of its religious overtones would, as someone else just said, make it a different story.OTOH, the general movie-going public doesn't know from Narnia. They've heard of it as a cool child-friendly fantasy, and probably aren't aware that it was meant to be a Christian allegory. I can see a small but significant--and vocal--segment of the market complaining loudly when they walk out of the movie having only discovered its Christan leanings through direct experience.Honestly, Narnia was an important aspect of the development of fantasy, but it wouldn't have been my first choice of a license, were I the head of a movie studio. Maybe I'm over-analyzing, but I think it's going to be a bit of a tricky issue for them, whichever way they decide to lean.</blockquote>