Lion King - Live Action Movie

[Valentina3]

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jon-Favreau-to-Helm-Live-Action-LION-KING-Movie-for-Disney-201609281

 

I did like what he did with The Jungle Book, so looking forward to this with a skeptic optimism.

[10086sunset]

A skeptic optimism...

I like that Valentina and feel the exact same way...

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Sounds like JEJ is back as Mufasa. PRAISEEEEEEEEE

https://twitter.com/Jon_Favreau/status/832754734557601792

[gypsy101]

one of the least necessary film adaptations in the history of film adaptations. these Disney live-action remakes are positively exhausting.

[bwaylyric]

Ugh. Can't wait for the live action remake of FANTASIA. 

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Yeah, this is the most pointless remake ever. I'm just glad they brought back James. (Also, Donald Glover is Simba)

[icecreambenjamin]

There are so many problems with this.  

A. We really don't need a remake.  We didn't need a Beauty and the Beast remake either.  The original is great.

B.  This will probably be completely CGI.  The last time that I checked CGI does not equal live action.

C. Disney will probably completely f### up it's great score the same way it did to Beauty and the Beast.

Apparently Disney has decided that it's just too hard to be original so it's just going to recycle old material until it's just trash.

Also, why cast JEJ AGAIN for the remake?  If I wanted to see JEJ in the Lion King, I'd just watch the original.

[willep]

For what it's worth, I did enjoy his Jungle Book, and I wouldn't want to hear anyone else trying to be Mufasa. I love the Donald Glover casting too, while  I'm at it...

[icecreambenjamin]

I just really don't see the point.

[James885]

Ughh. This is just a cash grab. Why mess with perfection? 

Also it technically won't be live action, it'll be hyper-realized CGI animation, just like the animals in The Jungle Book. Unless of course, they can somehow wrangle real lions, warthogs, and meerkats to be in the movie, which I think would be too much even for Disney.

[ACL2006]

completely pointless to remake this. "Live Action" hardly means anything.

[froote]

Whatever, I will watch anything Donald Glover.

[Call_me_jorge]

Just film the stage show, like they did with newsies....

[SweetLips]

I just hope there will be some white bloods SOMEWHERE in the crowd scenes or there will be letters.

2 words...joke Joyce.

[gypsy101]

what are whitebloods?

[Dave28282]

What the hell?

Disney is now turning 2d animation classics into cgi animation classics?

Why do we need another animated Lion King? 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

This is why people need to support original ideas more than recycled ones.

[jacobsnchz14]

Every Disney movie is considered original in their own right even if they take liberties on traditional versions of the fairytales. Nearly every one of them is recycled, arguably. With hundreds of films in their catalog, and this sudden upturn in live action retellings, and money in the bank, Disney can do whatever the heck they want. We will still get our original animated films like Moana and Zootopia, but if yall want the ORIGINAL Lion King, read Hamlet. If you want the ORIGINAL Little Mermaid, read the Andersen version. Simple solution: if you're not on board with a remake, why waste your time griping?

[smallvillefan16]

I'm looking forward to this interpretation. I've loved Cinderella and The Jungle book; beyond stoked for Beauty.  Why do people always complain at BWW? Why waste your time posting? Just don't see the damn movie.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Of course I'm not gonna see any of these remakes, I just support newer ideas more.

[degrassifan]

The Disney live action adaptations are not necessarily remakes, but expansions of their animated movies. I loved Cinderella and that movie expanded on her character, her childhood/background, how she went from Ella to Cinderella, etc, while also answering questions most have had about the Cinderella story. I'm in the process of reading the Beauty and the Beast novelization of the new film, and that story also expands on things a 90 minute animated movie could not delve into. I haven't seen The Jungle Book, but I assume it goes deeper than the original animated film. I suspect the same will be for The Lion King. I'll be the first to admit I'm not the biggest fan of The Lion King movie (I know, I know), but I'll definitely go see this. 

[Valentina3]

Link

"Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen are in final talks to play Simba's lovable sidekick duo, Timon and Pumbaa, respectively."

Hmm.

[MaddieBB12]

Valentina3 said: "Link

"Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen are in final talks to play Simba's lovable sidekick duo, Timon and Pumbaa, respectively."

Hmm.

 

"Oh, the irony!

 

https://youtu.be/i2o6FmESEmQ

(Seth Rogan was in James Corden's Sidewalk production of The Lion King.)

 

[Justin D]

resurrecting this thread as the movie will be out this year, out of curiosity i checked their INDB page and was a bit sad that they only are listing the main cast and not any of the ensemble/backup singers or more in the line of music credits to see if or what any new songs will be (surely there will be new songs) Because I dont really think that the guy playing Rafiki will be singing Circle of life or anything like that, so was looking to see who else are providing vocals on this.

also there is  one person listed as only 'voice', I wonder what that could be?

It is in post production now so all these things should have been finalised/recorded I would think.

Will they go the route of beauty and the beast and leave out all the new songs from the stage show?

Will Beyonce get a new song to replace Shadowland (unfortunate but highly likely)

Will endless Night be cut? (if not then atleast Julie Taymor will get a credit in the movie as I think she is credit as one of the lyricists.

It is also interesting that they have renamed 2 of the hyenas.

 

[briankershawjr]

It was reported that all the songs will be in the movie except Be Prepared .... Tim Rice also said Beyonc will sing a new song