Little has been said about the plot of the remake, which remains a musical and will include a reworked score by Hans Zimmer.
Favreau is producing alongside Jeffrey Silver and Karen Gilchrist.Ī star-studded voice cast - including Donald Glover, Beyonce, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Alfre Woodard and John Oliver - was announced in November of last year, with the film slated to hit theaters on July 19, 2019.Īlthough Disney has yet to release any footage online, select clips from the film were exclusively screened at D23 last summer.Īttendees got a look at the opening sequence, in which Rafiki lifts Simba above Pride Rock as “Circle of Life” plays - just as audiences will remember from the original animated film. Jeff Nathanson, who also wrote Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, penned the script, with Brenda Chapman credited with the story and the characters credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. In 2016, just months after The Jungle Book remake found success with a combination of live-action and CGI tools, the studio fast-tracked the Lion King concept for production, revealing plans for the Favreau-directed adaptation later that year. Disney is continuing to claw its way through its animated hits for remakes, enlisting Jungle Book director Jon Favreau to direct a similar, virtual-production take on its 1994 hit The Lion King.
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