The Lion King is THE movie of my childhood. That said, I "watched" it (put it on in the background) less than 2 weeks ago. There's a handful of bits in that movie that haven't aged as well. Mostly some of the Timon/Pumba schtick.
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Disney announces The Lion King re-imagining, directed by Jon Favreau.
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The Lion King is THE movie of my childhood. That said, I "watched" it (put it on in the background) less than 2 weeks ago. There's a handful of bits in that movie that haven't aged as well. Mostly some of the Timon/Pumba schtick.
Mushroomer25
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He can just adapt Disney standards (as well as sequels to those standards) until the day he dies, buried in an Egyptian pyramid of pure gold. It's possibly the most lucrative gig in Hollywood.
¡HarlequinPanic!
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Lion King is still to this day one of the most visually stunning films I've seen. Don't have high hopes that this can match that, but maybe it doesn't need to: real life-Africa is as beautiful as the animated version the Lion King had, so I hope they can capture that.
Livingskeletons
If I pulled that off, would you die?
How are they gonna top Zimmer's score?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDXTZFleHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9LLIuqwvdQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDXTZFleHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9LLIuqwvdQ
Astral Dog
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Maybe, but JB was a significantly weaker film to work from.
They can make a good Scar though
Troubled Bat
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I absolutely love The Lion King, but I'm sure if I should be excited or not.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Hell, they've got 40+ films left.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Didn't think The Jungle Book was particularly great, so not exactly jazzed about this news
Lil'DigiOp
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IS THIS THE LIVE ACTION DISNEY STYLE LION KING ANNOUNCEMENT?!!!
I freaking love the new live action disney movie adaptations!!! I need Aladdin!!!!
I freaking love the new live action disney movie adaptations!!! I need Aladdin!!!!
Feel the Swift
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I liked Jungle Book a lot, but I felt it worked well because of Mogli being human. I don't really need to see Simba in 3D.
I guess now he can voice adult Simba.
Wouldn't work. He still got the same voice.
Infernostew
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A guy I graduated high school with and attended the same college as me for a few years now plays Simba in The Lion King on Broadway which is pretty cool. Would be cool if he got to do the voice of Simba or something.
Takamura-San
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I hope they get the original cast. They make so much of the movie.
ArchedThunder
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I for one would watch The Lion King with real lions.
I think the remakes have been interesting so far (stuff like Jungle Book, Cinderella, upcoming Beauty and the Beast) in that they are live action (or a mix of live action and CG) compared to the original full animation style films.
But this will be 100% CG, right? Seems...pointless to me. I'd much prefer they tackle something more interesting in this manner like Little Mermaid or Aladdin or something along those lines rather than doing a 100% CG movie. eh...prove me wrong Disney.
But this will be 100% CG, right? Seems...pointless to me. I'd much prefer they tackle something more interesting in this manner like Little Mermaid or Aladdin or something along those lines rather than doing a 100% CG movie. eh...prove me wrong Disney.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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Member the Lion King? Member Simba? Member?
Empyrean Heaven
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After this was heavily hinted at in Jungle Book, no surprise at all.
During the scene where all the animals are running to the lakebed near the climax, you can see a warthog and meerkat together, an obvious nod to Timon and Pumbaa.
Mushroomer25
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A live action Lilo and Stitch remake could 100% work. There's a fantastic legacy of films to work with here. If Disney's live action output transitions into nothing but Marvel, Star Wars, and reboots of their old classics - I don't think I'd mind.
Jungle Book as a movie was solid but it felt too much of a departure from the original for me, especially in the depictions of characters like Bagheera and Louie and a lot of the scenes that made the original special were either omitted or the newer versions just didn't have the soul of those in the original. I don't think I'll care much for this.
Jawmuncher
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But where's Tron 3?
brickarts295
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By getting the man to come back. I'd be funny if he wins his 2nd Oscar scoring another adaptation of the Lion King XD
Jungle Book worked because the original was not that good even then new book was average.
Lion King is going be hard pull plus we don't have a kid walking around a green screen this time talking to balls.
Can't wait see if they cast Scar Jo to sound like bored Scar Jo can't believe how bad she sounded in JB
Lion King is going be hard pull plus we don't have a kid walking around a green screen this time talking to balls.
Can't wait see if they cast Scar Jo to sound like bored Scar Jo can't believe how bad she sounded in JB
I wasn't a fan of the recent Jungle Book but this is clearly a big money maker for Disney so I'm not surprised by this.
I expect to see the major Disney Renaissance movies remade (Little Mermaid or Aladdin will probably be next). Will be interesting to see if they go for some of the movies which don't exactly have cult status like Hercules, Hunchback or Pocahontas.
They make go back further and do something like Pinocchio, but other older movies like Snow White and Alice in Wonderland have been adapted recently so I wouldn't expect to see those.
I expect to see the major Disney Renaissance movies remade (Little Mermaid or Aladdin will probably be next). Will be interesting to see if they go for some of the movies which don't exactly have cult status like Hercules, Hunchback or Pocahontas.
They make go back further and do something like Pinocchio, but other older movies like Snow White and Alice in Wonderland have been adapted recently so I wouldn't expect to see those.
Admiral Woofington
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Won't watch unless instead of Mufasa it's Mushufasa and he tells simba it's cnn
APZonerunner
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I wonder if they'll go for animals or if they'll go for another angle (IE, it being about a human tribe known as the Lion Tribe that lives in sync with animals & has lion-esque headdress or something). Jungle Book at least had a human as an anchor character.
I can't imagine they would do this. It's too big a departure from the original and these movies seem all about cashing in on people's nostalgia. I full expect entirely CG animals and no humans.
bigboss370
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to this day The Lion King is the best disney movie of all time. This re-imagining is going to fall short, it's destined to.
I'm curious, but oh boy
I'm curious, but oh boy
APZonerunner
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These movies are about cashing in on people's nostalgia, but that doesn't mean you can't take a different angle, and the sort of costuming I'm talking about is actually the more common Lion King imagery for the last decade or so, as it's what the stage play looks like. It looks great and works. I can absolutely see them just doing a straight pure-CG adaptation though, but I'd actually love to see them do something a little braver, and maybe draw from the stage play a bit with its additional songs and darker themes. (Admittedly, one of those darker songs - Scar's sexual advances on Nala, which is what prompts her to run away, where she then runs into grown up Simba - was actually in the original film then cut because they thought it was too dark/suggestive for kids).
Wouldn't be surprised if they hired Zimmer yet again and basically do remixes of his past work plus some new songs here and there.
Seriously though. You can't separate Lion King from it's music. It's one and the same. I hope they realize this and stick with the original score. (Remade + Plus new songs, whatever)
I would love this too. It would be a better movie for it. However I don't think Disney execs would have got Favreau to direct if they were going for a bold re-imagining given his adaptation of Jungle Book was so by the book. Cinderella, Jungle Book and the little we've seen of Beauty and the Beast all look very safe and do not depart from the originals in a significant way like what you're suggesting.
Chained Prometheus
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Eww. If they're gonna replace Elton John with a contemporary rock/metal band, Disney should at least have the decency in good taste to go with a band like Alter Bridge. At least Myles Kennedy would be able to sing John's work in a serviceable way.
EdReedFan20
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I've said this before (when Jungle Book was released), but I think they could do this the same way as Jungle Book was some practical sets, but unlike Jungle Book it'd be all CG characters. Apart of Mowgli (and the village later seen in the movie), Jungle Book was nearly all CG animals. So, I think (hope) that's the way they go with Lion King.
civilstrife
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Get Julie Taymor on this in some capacity and they're golden.
I expect Adele or Ed Sheeran.
bananafactory
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Jungle Book was incredible so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt here
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Jungle Book was basically 100% CG except for Mowgli
Hyped!
Jungle Book was basically 100% CG except for Mowgli
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