Neal Scanlan is working with Greta Gerwig to bring Narnia’s creatures to life... Do you think we'll see an Aslan puppet created rather than a fully CGI lion? He made one for the abandoned Paramount adaptation in the mid-1990s during his time with the Jim Henson Company.

Under the supervision of Neal Scanlan, and working closely with Boorman and his art team, the Creature Shop designed a puppet model of Aslan, the regal lion, which stood five feet at the shoulders and was designed to carry three child actors on its back. Because of its sheer size, Scanlan recalled that the designers "had to do a lot of work on the face to make it dignified. like a wise old man, rather than just plain scary." The team also built Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, designed to "look like a retired schoolmaster and his wife," and costumes for Fenris (a half-man, half-wolf character) and several fauns.