Lion King remake, Jon Favreau

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https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-jon-favreau-the-lion-king/

How am I just now hearing about this and how was it not posted?

I'm conflicted. My favorite animated movie of all time, so it's going to be hard to improve. But if done right and the classic music is kept, this could be amazing.

Could it possibly top the original at the box office though?

Trailer:
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Disney sure is a ruthless cash factory.
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Live action I think. That's the new Disney Cash Play - remake all the great animated films live action. Beauty and the Beast out shortly.
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Jungle Book was awesome
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I would crap all over this idea....except that Favreau did an amazing job with The Jungle Book, so to be honest I'm actually kind of excited about this. I mean, can you imagine a live action version of the wildebeast stampede and Mufasa's death scene?
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I mean, moments like that could really be epic. The opening sequence alone in photoreal CGI should be amazing.

Think they get Hans Zimmer back?
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Hopefully this means JTT is back in our lives!
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I'm curious to see how they do this. I loved the original lion king so I'm cautiously optimistic.
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My favorite Disney animated movie, Beauty and the Beast, is coming out in March and looks like it is going to be a very well-done live action version. I also really enjoyed The Jungle Book, so I'm thinking that The Lion King will be in good hands.
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Favreau nailed the Jungled Book, so I have full faith in him to deliver a spot-on Lion King.

I just question to need as to why? (besides the truckloads of money)
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I read a review a couple years ago (I think for the 3D release) that made the case that the lion king was Disney's first sellout cash grab and the start of their animation fall from grace.
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Because it's a guaranteed billion, I'm thinking.
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CapCityAg89 said:

Beauty and the Beast out shortly.
Thought that came out like 4 years ago:

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FL_Ag1998 said:

I would crap all over this idea....except that Favreau did an amazing job with The Jungle Book, so to be honest I'm actually kind of excited about this. I mean, can you imagine a live action version of the wildebeast stampede and Mufasa's death scene?
Yep. Favreau is outstanding.

It will be tough to top the music of the original though.
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already been done.
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So is this thing going to be 100% CG motion capture? Real backgrounds with CG motion capture characters? A film adaptation of the Broadway musical?
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I think I remember reading that there wasn't as much motion capture in the Jungle Book as you'd think. That it was mostly just traditional CG.

But, I thought Jungle Book looked great, so I'd imagine he'll do the same thing this time around.
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I wonder if Nala's "**** me" eyes will come across in a realistic CGI lioness.
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

I wonder if Nala's "**** me" eyes will come across in a realistic CGI lioness.


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Brian Earl Spilner said:

I wonder if Nala's "**** me" eyes will come across in a realistic CGI lioness.
bwahahaha
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Relevant
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Nice. Mufasa isn't Mufasa without James Earl Jones.
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Awesome. I will watch pretty much anything with DG in it.
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Interesting. I wonder if Broderick turned it down or if they just didn't want him?
Brian Earl Spilner
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Beyonce rumored to have been offered the role of Nala.
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COOL LASER FALCON said:

I think I remember reading that there wasn't as much motion capture in the Jungle Book as you'd think. That it was mostly just traditional CG.

But, I thought Jungle Book looked great, so I'd imagine he'll do the same thing this time around.
This is pretty accurate in general. Even motion capture for human characters has a LOT of work done by animators to make that data usable.

Talk of using motion capture for a non human character (Smaug, Baloo, etc.) is about 90% marketing hype. It's only kinda applicable for characters like Cesar and others in the Apes films.
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Hm, not sure how I feel about this. John Oliver voicing Zazu.

On the one hand, I do love John Oliver. On the other hand, he's no Mr. Bean.

https://www.thewrap.com/john-oliver-joins-live-action-lion-king-zazu-bird-exclusive/
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Confirmed cast so far:

Mufasa - James Earl Jones
Simba - Donald Glover
Timon - Billy Eichner
Pumba - Seth Rogen
Zazu - John Oliver
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If we're keeping JEJ for Mufasa, why not keep Rowan Atkinson for Zazu?
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It's a fair question. I think what they said is they wanted to have a happy medium between full-on remake, and keeping some of the old cast.

My guess is they keep Jeremy Irons for Scar. Who else can replace that voice?
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I NEED this.
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is it really live action if it is all CGI?
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

Confirmed cast so far:

Mufasa - James Earl Jones
Simba - Donald Glover
Timon - Billy Eichner
Pumba - Seth Rogen
Zazu - John Oliver
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That rumor was shot down.
 
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