Robot Pants
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I dunno man. Don't fuck with The Lion King
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Disney announces The Lion King re-imagining, directed by Jon Favreau.
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BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
This is gonna make a trillion dollars.
BarringGaffner
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If they add 'He lives in you' from Lion King 2 it'll be better than Lion King.
CadetMahoney
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Some people here saying it was good, some people saying it was bad.
Valjean Lafitte
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NO. Make it stop, please.
Discotheque
Banned
it wasn't an awful movie. but it wasn't good either. it's something worth watching for free...maybe...if you're really bored.
mulan is another film that would make for a great live action adaptation. especially with this renaissance of female action heroes. but we get...lion king. to hell with disney and favreau.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
If they use humans then it'll really be equally a Hamlet re-imagining.
If she isn't Chinese I boycott all future re-imaginings.
See, this is how I know I don't know what good CGI is. 'Be heard both Fantastic Beast and Jungle Book CGI looked terrible!and I don't know anymore..... Though I know for damn sure Dawn of the Planet of the Apes had 🔥🔥🔥CGI
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Simba's gonna be flying around, shooting laser beams from his chest?!?!?into this
Sign me right up!
But seriously, Disney better not screw this up..
triplestation
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It was inevitable. I think Jon favreau is a brilliant mind and I think he's an all around fantastic person. But if there's one thing that's unnecessary, it's rebooting the lion king. It's a shame because I'd like to see more original work from favreau.
triplestation
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Yup lol
Discotheque
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i thank the lord that scene didn't turn me into a furry when i was a kid.
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Contica
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What else would it be?
his performance was reminiscent of Anakin in TPM. such an unlikable character..
Gormless Noodle
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Not sure what to think. Is it with people like the broadway show or animals like the movie? If they go with the animals I'm not sure how that will translate to realistic CGI and such.
SpacePirate Ridley
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You know what I would love Favreau making (apart from magic kingdom)?
Theres an episode of entourage where he wants to direct a movie about Rafael's School of Athens mural.
Its probably my favourite piece of art ever, so I wouod love to watch Favreau making it lol
Theres an episode of entourage where he wants to direct a movie about Rafael's School of Athens mural.
Its probably my favourite piece of art ever, so I wouod love to watch Favreau making it lol
Hercules live action would be the best superman movie since the donner ones lol
DontBeThatGuy
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Go for it.
andythinkpad
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Original Lion King has a very rigid social structure. It's not going sit well with the current liberal value. They better not get any white actor to voice Mufasa and Simba.
BTW, now that I am older, I know elephants bowing to a lion makes no sensr. Elephant can casually fuck up a lion.
BTW, now that I am older, I know elephants bowing to a lion makes no sensr. Elephant can casually fuck up a lion.
Who voted for these lions, anyway? And what, zebras and antelopes just bow to their oppressors? They really need to check their lion privilege in this new version.
Why? Will this make the original go away or something? The jungle book remake was excellent. Give it a chance.
Inferno313
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Watch The Jungle Book. They're using the same approach.
Mulan is a pretty ideal choice for a remake of this style. Female and Chinese lead hits two markets on the rise right now and even though it's a great film it's not usually talked of as a "classic" the way Lion King is, though there would be less apprehension about it.
Not to mention it would be live action while this Lion King update is obviously going to be 100% CG.
Not to mention it would be live action while this Lion King update is obviously going to be 100% CG.
We should get to see Simba and Nala fucking in graphic detail also. Lion cubs don't appear out of thin air.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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This is going to be such a huge movie. Lion King is pretty objectively the most beloved and popular animated film ever made: record home video sales, the 3D re-release is the highest grossing of its kind, and even the musical broke records.
If the quality is there, I think it could easily gross over $700M in America.
If the quality is there, I think it could easily gross over $700M in America.
civilstrife
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Here's hoping they put the greatest of all time Disney song in from the Lion King 2 and Broadway show in this version.
https://youtu.be/eNy6IC85iuA
https://youtu.be/eNy6IC85iuA
Crazyorloco
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I'm a huge lion king fan and looking forward to this, but i'm afraid it will suck. The original has so many good qualities to it. Great story, humor, oh and probably my favorite movie score. Hans Zimmer did some amazing work. I wonder if he would return.
And like others have said please add "he lives in you" in this version. That song touches my soul.
And like others have said please add "he lives in you" in this version. That song touches my soul.
peanutbutterlatte
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Well then calm the fuck down and read my followup post.
A bit of both... On set : people wearing headpieces like in the Broadway show. On screen : CGI
Master Yoshi
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I've been thinking about this movie every day since the announcement.
I seriously feel like this is going to be insanely successful, and it will be the movie that sets the bar. I believe it would be shocking if it doesn't break records and get the highest reviews.
I seriously feel like this is going to be insanely successful, and it will be the movie that sets the bar. I believe it would be shocking if it doesn't break records and get the highest reviews.
Heavy_D206
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They should have just re released OG Lion King in theaters.
Live Action Disney is pure shit and this will be no different. Kids will still eat it up because they don't know any better.
At least they won't Fuck up my favorite Disney movie The Great Mouse Detective. I don't think anyone at Disney even knows that movie exists lol
Live Action Disney is pure shit and this will be no different. Kids will still eat it up because they don't know any better.
At least they won't Fuck up my favorite Disney movie The Great Mouse Detective. I don't think anyone at Disney even knows that movie exists lol
There are black maned Lions IRL, although they still tend to have a golden fringe around the face.
Scar's concept art reflected this:
DragonGirl
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As a fan of animation as an art form, I am not thrilled by this trend at all. I think animation loses its own identity when its just being used to ape reality. I'm not interested in seeing a CG faked live action movie copy of an animated classic. Didn't see Jungle Book either.
On the black manes, the mane color is supposedly an indicator of health and behavioral studies showed lionesses preferred dark maned males to light maned males. If lion king were realistic. Scar would have been the king and his blond brother the jealous one.
On the black manes, the mane color is supposedly an indicator of health and behavioral studies showed lionesses preferred dark maned males to light maned males. If lion king were realistic. Scar would have been the king and his blond brother the jealous one.
You will still get a lot of non-photorealistic animation going forward. How else is Disney going to double dip?
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