CS Lewis' family issues statement amid uproar over Meryl Streep's Aslan casting: 'We are thrilled'

Members of C.S. Lewis' family reportedly issued a statement Tuesday supporting the upcoming Netflix adaptation of "The Magician's Nephew" amid a claim that they were "very upset" by Meryl Streep's casting as Aslan.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”