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The hyenas' characterizations were heavily altered from the original film's, as Favreau felt that th [...]
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Jon Favreau told the AP that Beyoncé's real-life stage presence also served as inspiration for th [...]
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Much like with the original Il Re Leone (1994), many actors from this film have made appearances in [...]
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The voice of Simba in the original, Matthew Broderick, and the voice of Zazu in the remake, John Oli [...]
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Beyoncé's (Nala) film debut was Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) in which she shares a scene wi [...]
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While not as eccentric as his animated counterpart Rafiki does tend to laugh or chuckle at various p [...]
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Pharrell Williams produced a lot of the songs on the updated soundtrack, and he also acted as vocal [...]
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In creating the fight scene, the filmmakers experimented with using the stuttery slow motion found i [...]
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In the backstory for 1994 original version, Scar's scar is the result of an attacking herd of buffal [...]
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It took 130 animators from 30 different countries to create the character designs for the movie.
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In the original Il Re Leone (1994), just before Simba's ascension of the throne, Zazu (Rowan Atkinso [...]
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The actors were given carrots to chew on while recording, to simulate the sound of eating grubs.
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Scar says to the hyenas during 'Be Prepared' that a hyenas belly is never full, ironically before he [...]
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A flock of white-backed vultures surround an unconscious Simba in the desert.
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Scar's villainous song "Be Prepared" was originally to be left out of the film due to its Nazi theme [...]
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Alfre Woodard appeared in Primo contatto (1996), while James Earl Jones and Donald Glover both appea [...]
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Scar's death is also significantly more graphic. We see him swarmed by the hyenas instead of a just [...]
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The producers composed shots using live-action documentary techniques, including long-lens photograp [...]
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This film is 30 minutes longer than Il Re Leone (1994).
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Florence Kasumba, who had previously portrayed Shenzi on stage, called the change "interesting." Thi [...]
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If one looks very extremely close, a brief 'image' of a male lion can be seen near the bottom of the [...]
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Although there are a lot of beautiful shots in the movie, Favreau deliberately aimed to be restraine [...]
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The dung beetle sequence was inspired by documentary footage of the tenacious little insects, as in [...]
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Certain scenes were changed during the gorge scene: The scene where Shenzi tells Banzai (Kamari) to [...]
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Eichner and Rogen knew that a difference in tone would be necessary for the photo-realistic aestheti [...]
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Billy Eichner, who plays Timon, was a bartender at the Broadway Lion King show before becoming a suc [...]
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One of Jon Favreau's aims with this remake was to give it the realism of a BBC wildlife documentary.
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The filmmakers wanted to capture the energy and feel of the original stampede sequence, but given th [...]
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Donald Glover grew up watching the original film and mentioned that while recording the music for th [...]
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The first shot of the sun rising is the only photographed shot in the movie. It was filmed during a [...]
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When adult Simba continues to sing at the end of "Hakuna Matata", Pumbaa comments that he's "grown 4 [...]
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The Ndoto Mountains near Losai National Reserve, as well as the rock formations found in Chyulu Hill [...]
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Shahadi Wright Joseph (young Nala) screamed when she found out Beyoncé was going to be in the mov [...]
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Interesting that Beyoncé was photoshopped into the photo considering James Earl Jones, who repris [...]
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John Kani (Rafiki) was also in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), which is also about lions.
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Despite all their meticulous anatomical detail, in a true Disney fashion the animal models still lac [...]
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Mount Kenya, with its oversized flora, offered filmmakers the look they needed for the cloud-forest [...]
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Blackmagic Design was not simply a part of the system, but the backbone for the process, providing t [...]
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The filmmakers paid homage to the original film's most iconic moments. The scene of Simba waking Muf [...]
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John Oliver (Zazu) and Billy Eichner (Timon) are both talk show hosts, being off Last Week Tonight w [...]
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The stampede sequence was one of the first to be worked on, due to the large amount of rendering it [...]
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Producer John Bartnicki said about John Oliver playing Zazu, "He was born to play Zazu."
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Alfre Woodard's second film that takes place in Africa, after La famiglia della giungla (2002), whic [...]
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Florence Kasumba, who voices Shenzi in this film, also appeared as the same character in the German [...]
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The film properly begins with a short scene of a mouse scurrying about, minding its own business, be [...]
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Keegan-Michael Key (Banzai/Kamari in this remake) and experienced voice actor Jim Cummings (Ed/Azizi [...]
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The scene of cub Simba, looking at a rhinoceros beetle sitting on a rock, is a reference to a simila [...]
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John Oliver and Billy Eichner have both appeared in episodes of Bob's Burgers (2011) on separate occ [...]
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The distinct voices of Beyoncé, who plays adult Nala, and Alfre Woodard, who plays Sarabi, help d [...]
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Running gag: Azizi has a personal space issue with Kamari and keeps getting too close to him.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor who voices Scar and Alfre Woodard who voices Sarabi, previously collaborated in the [...]
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The filmmakers would operate a crane inside the production stage, but instead of filming actors, the [...]
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Although Beyoncé's voice isn't featured in Disney's official trailer for the film, Billy Eichner [...]
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Matthew Broderick stated that Donald Glover was the perfect choice for his original role of Simba. A [...]
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In an interview with GQ U.K. on October 13, 2019, songwriter and musician Elton John heavily critici [...]
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Donald Glover's dad passed away in December of 2018 and he played the role of the young adult Simba [...]
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Billy Eichner (Timon) was always Favreau's inspired first choice, a rising talent who has skyrockete [...]
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A group of banded mongooses and a flock of black-headed weavers are featured in the "Just Can't Wait [...]
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The Moving Picture Company, the lead vendor on The Jungle Book, provided visual effects; he was supe [...]
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Both Seth Rogen and Hans Zimmer have worked in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Rogen voiced Master Mant [...]
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Phil LaMarr's 4th film to take place in Africa, after Madagascar 2 (2008), Zambezia (2012), and Khum [...]
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"Be Prepared" was one of the last sequences in the film to be finished.
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As of 2020, in the Disney musical remakes thus far (Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Aladdin (2019)), [...]
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According to Buzzfeed, John Oliver is a huge fan of Beyoncé and recently revealed that she was ph [...]
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On set, the area where the actors would gather to perform a scene at the "black box", giving the act [...]
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When Scar meets the hyenas for the first time they threaten to eat him before being persuaded by Sca [...]
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When Julien Bolbach got the lighting supervisor role, "it was more about how do we take the mood of [...]
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Unlike Ed from the original film, Azizi actually talks instead of just laughing.
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While Favreau wanted to stay true to the original movie, but also took inspiration from the Broadway [...]
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In the original movie, the characters to have (human) African names are Mufasa (said to be the name [...]
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Nala and Simba can be assumed to be related - all females in a pride are related, so the cubs would [...]
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In the original movie, Scar's mane is black; however, in reality, lions with black manes are the alp [...]
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When Jon Favreau was asked about how thrilled he was when Beyoncé joined the cast, he said, "unde [...]
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The Moving Picture Company (MPC) helped build the tools for virtual production, and used Unity to em [...]
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The first Disney animated feature film to show feces on screen, or at least certainly in a realistic [...]
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The synchronized nodding and bopping of all the animals in "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a tribute to [...]
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Beyoncé called "The Lion King" album that she worked tirelessly to create and explained how she w [...]
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The northern white rhino became functionally extinct during preparation of the film, so it was impor [...]
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The end battle between Scar and his hyenas versus Simba and his allies suddenly takes on a whole new [...]
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Favreau felt that "part of [Beyoncé joining the film] is that she's got young kids, part of it is [...]
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This is the second Disney film to feature the voice of Keegan-Michael Key in a same year, following [...]
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The first Disney remake of a animated canon and the third Disney film overall, after Toy Story 4 (20 [...]
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A pair of canny internet users, unhappy with the realism of the new version of The Lion King, have " [...]
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The opening Disney logo was created for Il libro della giungla (2016) (directed by Jon Favreau) and [...]
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According to We Got This Covered, Disney wants to do a follow-up sequel, though, director Jon Favrea [...]
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Jon Favreau, the director of the remake, previously worked with Fergal Reilly, who was a story artis [...]
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To distract the hyenas, Timon stands on Pumbaa, faces the hyenas and launches into a dramatic rendit [...]
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Both John Oliver (Zazu in this remake) and Rowan Atkinson (Zazu in the original Il Re Leone (1994) f [...]
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Donald Glover's first theatrical voice role.
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The film employs songs from the Broadway "The Lion King" musical, particularly "Shadowland" (a song [...]
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VFX supervisor Adam Valdez, found the little cubs to be quite tricky to animate. "I initially though [...]
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Editorial and visual effects were networked together via Smart Videohub routers to allow both depart [...]
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Rafiki knows Simba is alive when he founds a piece of his mane which was first carried by a bird, th [...]
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Because the filmmakers were striving for photorealism, much of the emotion was conveyed by the score [...]
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Both Donald Glover (Simba) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Scar) appeared in Ridley Scott's film Sopravvissuto [...]
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Surpassed the Joss Whedon-directed original The Avengers from 2012 on the all-time box office chart, [...]
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Donald Glover followed Robert Guillaume as the second actor to win an Emmy for "Lead Actor in a Come [...]
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The hyenas Shenzi, Kamari, and Azizi are named after the Swahili words for "savage," "gambling," and [...]
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In the final battle scene between Simba and Scar, Scar falls down in a way that's similar to Shere K [...]
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Despite the cutting edge systems used to virtually shoot The Lion King, the final product reflects t [...]
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Whoopi Goldberg (Shenzi in the original Il Re Leone (1994)) and Keegan-Michael Key (Banzai/Kamari in [...]
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Favreau took a three-week trip to Kenya with his collaborators to study animals in their natural hab [...]
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The first Disney remake thats the most faithful out of all of the Disney's remakes.
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JD McCrary scored a fat check to do some voice work for the 'Lion King' remake. the 12-year-old made [...]
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The scene where Scar's ear twitches was one of the main factors behind the whole 'the animals are de [...]
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Rafiki was one of the first characters the animators developed to showcase the potential of this new [...]
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Donald Glover and John Oliver have collaborated together in the NBC series, Community.
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Was released one week early in China.
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Though a different incarnation of those characters, this film will mark the first time that Pumbaa a [...]
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The most requested character to work on for the animators was the villainous Scar (Ejiofor), whose b [...]
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Adult Simba is larger than Scar, in real life Chiwetel Ejiofor (Scar) is two inches taller at 5'10 t [...]
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Keegan-Michael Key's 3rd Disney film, after Tomorrowland - Il mondo di domani (2015) and Toy Story 4 [...]
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Chiwetel Ejiofor says of James Earl Jones: "For those of us who grew up with James Earl Jones and hi [...]
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On-screen father-and-son Donald Glover and James Earl Jones have also both appeared in the Star Wars [...]
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The comic Timon (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) were a combination of cute and ugly, and the [...]
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Likening his role to that of a grandfather, Kani said, "Rafiki reminds all of us of that special wis [...]
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Experienced voice actor Phil LaMarr (the Impala in this remake) and experienced voice actor Jim Cumm [...]
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The special features on the Blu-ray include a potentially fascinating commentary track by director J [...]
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It was a huge honor for director Jon Favreau to collaborate with Elton John and Tim Rice on the new [...]
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In the stage production, Scar pursues Nala to be his queen; however, in this version, he pursues Sar [...]
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Lighting and composition were very important to the way cinematographer Caleb Deschanel approached t [...]
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Shahandi Joseph Wright was really glad that Us (2019) came out before this film, explaining "just so [...]
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Favreau used virtual reality tech to walk around the virtual set and design shots, treating it like [...]
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The night-sky shot was inspired by time-lapse photography but was completely computer generated.
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Timon and Pumbaa live alone together in the jungle in the original, whereas here, there are other fe [...]
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"Spirit," performed by Beyoncé, was not in the original animated movie. Lebo M., who produced the [...]
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The first live-action film of all time that's not a documentary to not have any humans (in addition [...]
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Managed to pass the worldwide grosses of Incredibles 2 (2018) and Frozen (2013), dethroning Frozen a [...]
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In this film, Rafiki uses his staff to save Zazu from the hyenas whereas in the original, he uses it [...]
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Beyoncé apparently took the film's African setting very seriously. When she was tasked with creat [...]
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Experienced voice actor Phil LaMarr (the topi, billed as in impala, in this remake) previously appea [...]
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This is the third remake of a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie that is from the Disney Renaissanc [...]
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Favreau said of casting Ejiofer, "[He] is just a fantastic actor, who brings us a bit of the mid-Atl [...]
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When returning to the pridelands, adult Simba and Nala pass a rock formation that is identical to th [...]
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Rather than forcing the filmmakers to adapt to digital tools, Rob Legato modified physical filmmakin [...]
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In the original, Zazu is imprisoned during Scar's rule, whereas in this remake, he is free, but hidi [...]
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During the Elephant Graveyard scene, when Simba and Nala are cornered by the hyenas just before Mufa [...]
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The second highest grossing film of 2019.
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One scene unique in this film is when Simba adapts to having a new life with Timon, Pumbaa, and some [...]
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As seen in all promotional materials so far, by virtue of using realistic animal designs; a lot of t [...]
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The shot of Timon and Pumbaa coming towards the camera from far off on the desert horizon to save Si [...]
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The scene where Timon and Pumbaa refer to Zazu as a puppet upon their introduction to him might be a [...]
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Nathan Lane (Timon in Il Re Leone (1994)) and John Oliver (Zazu in the remake) have also appeared in [...]
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Florence Kasumba said Shenzi is someone who wants to have power, and is someone who doesn't feel com [...]
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While the hyenas trigger Pumbaa by fat shaming him with being followed by Pumbaa vengefully fighting [...]
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Jon Favreau revealed on the Blu-Ray commentary that the mouse who bookends the film is the exact sam [...]
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Seth Rogen raves of Beyoncé, "I was once shoved aside by her security guards backstage at the Gra [...]
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Scar was the clear favorite among the VFX team as well. "Whenever we were struggling with a shot, we [...]
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Rafiki's lithe appearance and dull colors make him more closely resemble a female mandrill; although [...]
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Favreau said of casting Ejiofor, "[He] is just a fantastic actor, who brings us a bit of the mid-Atl [...]
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A group of elephants can be seen near Mount Kilimanjaro in the original trailer. This means that the [...]
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When Timon and Pumbaa arrive at Pride Rock, Timon calls Zazu a puffin, a nod to the arctic puffin in [...]
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In the scene where Timon and Pumbaa distract the hyenas, Timon starts singing "Be Our Guest" from Be [...]
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Hans Zimmer recorded the music as if it were a concert for The Lion King. All who worked on the film [...]
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For Jon Favreau, the sequence with Simba and Nala making the journey back to the Pride Lands is remi [...]
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Keegan-Michael Key described the experience as "Overwhelming. I'm not even sure if there's another w [...]
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This isn't the first time Nala gets into a designated girl fight with a villian the first time was i [...]
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This is the third Disney remake of a Disney classic to have its music score composed by the same com [...]
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The Beauty and the Beast Easter egg was conceived after Director Jon Favreau saw a production of the [...]
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How far did Simba go when he ran away from home? It's a question many have perhaps wondered, but giv [...]
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Scar's appearance and role in the film is based on Zira and her biological son, Nuka, from Simba's P [...]
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Shenzi in the original, while the smartest one of the hyena trio, was just as comical and at times n [...]
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This is Jon Favreau's second Disney remake based on a Disney animated movie after directing Il libro [...]
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Zazu is played by John Oliver, a comedic Englishman, whose regular job is being a weekly purveyor of [...]
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Rogen describes the Timon-Pumbaa relationship that he and Eichner forged as "a little bit of a marri [...]
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Though the lyrics of "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" remain the same, composer Hans Zimmer partnered [...]
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The filmmakers felt a responsibility to honor the original film by staying true to iconic moments li [...]
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Despite the mixed reviews, critics were unanimous in their praise for the film's beautiful visuals. [...]
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Kamari and Azizi's names are never actually said or spoken.
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Unlike most duets in the movie (I Just Can't Wait To Be King, young Simba and Nala, Hakuna Matata, T [...]
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When Beyoncé was cast as Nala, many fans felt that it was the role she was born to play. In fact, [...]
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In Zulu, the first line of the song "Circle of Life" translates to "Here comes a lion, Father."
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HuffPo reached out to 13 original "Lion King" animators to get their thoughts on Jon Favreau's photo [...]
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The scene with Simba, Timon and Pumbaa gazing up at the night sky and pondering the stars is another [...]
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During the 'Hakuna Matata' song, Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) has his solo which ends with "And I got down-he [...]
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Billy Eichner (Timon) and Keegan-Michael Key's (Kamari) second movie collaboration, after Angry Bird [...]
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Jeremy Irons, the original voice of Scar is scheduled to appear in HBO's Watchmen, which will be rel [...]
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The Pride Lands were inspired by Masai Mara, Kenya, which is part of the Serengeti National Park.
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Actors Eric André and Keegan-Michael Key, who come from a comedy background, improvised and recor [...]
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For movements Valdez said that he and his team first thought that since a lion cub like Simba was al [...]
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Simba in the original film and its sequels was really hinted to have severe psychological issues, th [...]
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Donald Glover and Chiwetel Ejiofor appear in Sopravvissuto - The Martian (2015) as co-workers. Here, [...]
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Simba and Nala cuddling on a large rock, in a forested cliffside region, is similar to the end of an [...]
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The cub's gender at the end of the film is confirmed to be male in the official novelization for the [...]
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Beyoncé was always the studio's top choice to voice Nala and she was courted aggressively for the [...]
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Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane (Simba and Timon in Il Re Leone (1994)) appeared alongside Keegan- [...]
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Favreau felt that "part of [Beyoncé joining the film] is that she's got young kids, part of it is [...]
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John Kani, who voices Rafiki, was finishing up production on Black Panther when production began on [...]
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Chance The Rapper auditioned for the voice of Simba.
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When Nala tells Simba he needs to come home to overthrow Scar, Simba tells her "This is my home." In [...]
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There are nearly 1500 visual effects shots in the film.
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As Chiwetel Ejiofor told Entertainment Weekly, Scar feels that he isn't where he is supposed to be, [...]
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Much like a curtain call in a live performance, there are several characters from earlier in the fil [...]
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Jon Favreau has stated that there is only one "real shot" in the entire film. Writing on Instagram, [...]
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According to Technicolor, the pipeline that evolved on The Lion King essentially served as a somethi [...]
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Seth Rogen's fifth voice acting performance in a film that's not from DreamWorks Animation, after Sp [...]
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James Earl Jones, Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice are the only people who worked on the origin [...]
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Billy Eichner (Timon) and John Oliver (Zazu) as well as director Jon Favreau appeared in animated fi [...]
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Zazu's line about Mufasa's rambunctious childhood is adapted from the Broadway play.
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Seth Rogen swears he must have recorded the line "It ain't no passing craze" around 30 times before [...]
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Unlike in the original, Simba's eyes are a hazy blue as a baby. This is true to actual lion biology, [...]
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Keegan-Michael Key's second time voice acting in a film not distributed by either Sony or Warner Bro [...]
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The German dub has Magdalena Turba voicing adult Nala; Turba had been the German voice of Young Nala [...]
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The Lion King will be one of the first films to be released on Disney+ alongside Toy Story 4 (2019) [...]
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John Kani (Rafiki) and Florence Kasumba (Shenzi) have both starred in features about the comic book [...]
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When ask if they would relate to their characters J.D. McCrary (Young Simba) stated: "I can really r [...]
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Most of the film's lines are pulled directly from the original script, but the more comedic bits wer [...]
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The bite force of a hyena is stronger at 1100 psi than a lions which is 650 psi
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Came out the same year as Toy Story 4 coincidentally in the first Toy Story, Andy, Molly, and their [...]
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Shenzi is larger than the other hyenas and is a lot more menacing. That's because female hyenas are [...]
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Jon Favreau revealed that hearing Beyoncé sing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" was "definitely ex [...]
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Donald Glover, who voices adult Simba, calls "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" his favorite part of The [...]
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Tim Rice wrote another original song called "Light of the World" which went unused.
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Seth Rogen (Pumbaa) and Billy Eichner (Timon) had previously worked together on Neighbors 2: Sororit [...]
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As is mandatory in all Disney movies made from the early 1990s onward, The remake includes a pop sin [...]
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Disney never said the film was going to be "live-action"; they said they were going to be using the [...]
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Benedict Cumberbatch turned down the role of the voice of Scar, Idris Elba was also considered.
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Two of Alfre Woodard's old co-stars from Dinosauri (2000), Samuel E. Wright and Max Casella, both st [...]
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The Indian rhino prominently featured in the "Circle of Life" sequence, in the earlier trailers, is [...]
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Seth Rogen (who voices Pumbaa) appears as a guest in an episode of The Eric Andre Show to which the [...]
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Deadline confirmed, with the outlet revealing that 'The Lion King 2' is officially in the works. The [...]
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Both Donald Glover (Simba) and James Earl Jones (Mufasa) have worked on Star Wars movies, though on [...]
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This film uses the same 2D animated variant of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo from 2016's The Ju [...]
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The 86 species were all hand-animated and entirely new software tools as in, never even existed befo [...]
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In an exclusive interview with Fandango, the much-anticipated film's director Jon Favreau chatted ab [...]
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The film was produced like a live-action movie set, with call sheets for each day of filming, crews [...]
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Beyoncé's song "Spirit" was originally intended to just play over the closing credits. Hans Zimme [...]
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Billy Eichner's (Timon) birthday is on September 18th, only one day before the birthdays' of Jeremy [...]
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Billy Eichner did not have to audition for the voice of Timon. Jon Favreau happened to be a fan of h [...]
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When Simba manages to pull himself up, upon discovering Scar's true role in Mufasa's murder, in the [...]
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Billy Eichner's third time voice acting in a film, after I pinguini di Madagascar: Il film (2014) an [...]
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Billy Eichner who voices Timon and Keegan-Michael Key who voices Kamari, previously worked together [...]
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Florence Kasumba described Jon Favreau as real fun to work with, and someone who knows what he wants [...]
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Concept art by Faraz Shanyar shows a take on Shenzi, Kamari and Azizi more closely resembling their [...]
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When asked if the film should be called an animated or live-action film, Director Jon Favreau himsel [...]
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Most challenging, though, was limiting the facial expressions, which meant the animators were restri [...]
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Six months prior to first talking to Disney about doing the film, John Favreau was on a trip to Afri [...]
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John Oliver said, "I think Zazu is basically a bird who likes structure; he just wants things to be [...]
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During the scene where both Timon and Pumbaa are chased by Nala, in the original Pumbaa gets separat [...]
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The original Lion King clearly depicts the dearly departed Mufasa in the night sky, where he promise [...]
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Micro Studio Camera 4Ks used as witness cameras, DaVinci Resolve Studio, ATEM video switchers and ot [...]
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Jon Favreau cast Chiwetel Ejiofor in the role of Scar after Favreau watched his antagonistic perform [...]
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The scene where Simba's voice echoes in the graveyard is likely a reference to The Lion King, when T [...]
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Chiwetel Ejiofur (the voice of Scar in the 2019 remake) appeared as Baron Mordo in Doctor Strange wh [...]
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The shot with Mufasa blocking the sun when he first enters Scar's lair is a nod to Henry VIII in the [...]
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Hundreds of artists in over 30 nations worked together to animate the movie and make it as photoreal [...]
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In the German dub, Marius Götze-Clarén voices Timon; this was the first time someone other tha [...]
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Once footage was shot and captured onto computers, the setup was turned over to visual effects compa [...]
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The filmmakers decided that adding human expressions to the animal's faces would look "weird", so th [...]
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virtual production supervisor Ben Grossmann used the world of Pandora as a jumping off point to expl [...]
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At 12:06 when Simba and Mufasa are sitting on top of Pride Rock, Simba is sitting on the left, and M [...]
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The bushbaby is a reference to Laininote, a recurring minor character from The Lion Guard who appear [...]
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Donald Glover said that the film will focus more on Simba's time growing up than the original film d [...]
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Production on the film commenced in mid-2017 in Los Angeles, California, utilizing "virtual-reality [...]
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Director Jon Favreau played the bass drum in Hans Zimmer's orchestra on the final booming drum hit a [...]
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The film had a $191 million opening weekend in the US, breaking La bella e la bestia (2017)'s record [...]
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The differences between, who the hyenas were then and who they are now, are subtle; the nuances add [...]
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Rafiki no longer has a long tail, making him look much more like a real-life mandrill.
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Josh McCrary, younger brother of JD McCrary (young Simba), plays the elephant shrew.
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Keegan-Michael Key said Kamari feels like he's second in charge and very kind of quick on his feet, [...]
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The scene where Simba's fur makes its way to Rafiki, is drawn out much longer than the original scen [...]
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The film shows the juxtaposition between Scar and Mufasa's views on the throne. While Scar envies Mu [...]
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The gorge where Simba practices his roar was inspired by Sesriem Canyon in Namibia.
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Foreshadowing: When young Simba expresses his enthusiasm of being the next king to Scar, he rhetoric [...]
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This film has a record of the second-best opening of 2019 - and could replace "Incredibles 2," which [...]
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The eighth of many remakes of classic Disney animated films released in the 21st century, following [...]
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Beyoncé says being in The Lion King was important to her because she grew up watching the origina [...]
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Banzai and Ed are the only characters from the original animated film to be renamed.
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Instead of designing a camera move in the computer, a film crew wearing VR headsets and operating vi [...]
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The scene in which Timon and Pumbaa talk about how there's no Circle of Life, that it's just a line, [...]
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The filmmakers traveled thousands of miles throughout Kenya studying the animals and the environment [...]
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According to Jon Favreau, the secret song will be a solo joint by Beyoncé! "We have all the origi [...]
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When Scar arrives at the Elephant Graveyard and Kamari threatens to eat him, Scar asks why they'd se [...]
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Scar claims at the beginning of the film that he didn't mean to disrespect Sarabi by not attending S [...]
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Kamari has a bald patch on his head to distinguish him from the other two, Azizi is missing a sizeab [...]
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"Circle of Life" is director Jon Favreau's favorite sequence.
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Although Timon & Pumbaa are much older than Simba, Donald Glover (who plays Simba) was born in 1983 [...]
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Donald Glover (Simba), Alfre Woodard (Sarabi), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Scar), John Kani (Rafiki), and Flor [...]
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Chiwetel Ejiofor previously collaborated with the original voice actor of Zazu, Rowan Atkinson, in L [...]
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When he started developing the movie, Favreau made a list of all the important moments he could reme [...]
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The mole-rat that gave Zazu news about the Pride Lands was absent in the film.
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The bakora staff the original version carries seems to be absent here. That is, until the final act. [...]
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Chiwetel Ejiofor commented on how important it is that this version has largely cast actors of Afric [...]
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The scene where a piece of Simba's mane goes through the circle of life is over 2 minutes long.
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Jon Favreau was quick to credit the Broadway version of The Lion King, which includes several origin [...]
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Earned $22.3 million its second weekend to again top the box office, totaling -71% from the film's $ [...]
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Jon Favreau stated about casting Beyonce as Nala, "I've seen her live and she's a unique talent, to [...]
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The filmmakers have said that parts of The Lion King are inspired by the lives of Joseph and Moses i [...]
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Kamari's name means "gambling" in Swahili. Azizi's name means "priceless item, rarity, treasure" or [...]
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To capture the fun and energy of the original "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" scene, the filmmakers c [...]
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During the stampede, Mufasa gets to the tree Simba is holding onto and asks him to jump to him, just [...]
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The scene where Timon and Pumbaa sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" before Nala chases them is expanded [...]
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When Shenzi watches Mufasa fight off the hyenas of her clan to rescue Simba and Nala, and watches th [...]
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According to actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, his version of "Scar is not a cool and collected British lion w [...]
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After taking over 240,000 photographs, the voice actors got to whack on some futuristic VR and roam [...]
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Lion cubs are born with blue eyes that change to amber or brown around the age of two to three month [...]
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Visual Effects supervisor Robert Legato says they worked to find ways to bring actual practical elem [...]
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Due to the innovative photo-realism, Jon Favreau intentionally put his Disney remake squarely in the [...]
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When Pumbaa suggests keeping Simba, he explains that "one day when he's big and strong," a quote fro [...]
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The watering hole was inspired by Kenya's Buffalo Springs Shaba Reserve.
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Like The Lion King 1½, this movie reveals that, after distracting the hyenas, Timon and Pumbaa ar [...]
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Jon Favreau stated, "It feels like we're restoring a classic historic architectural landmark. How do [...]
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A decade ago, James Cameron's Avatar pioneered a technique in which actors wearing motion-capture su [...]
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Billy Eichner (Timon) and Seth Rogen (Pumbaa) recorded their lines together, much like how Nathan La [...]
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Timon is shown to have a penchant for eggs in the novelization and supplementary materials.
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Three helicopters and six safari Land Cruisers covered 18,000kms of land over a two-week stint.
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"The Hawaiian War Chant", did not return from the original Il Re Leone (1994), due to time constrain [...]
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Alfre Woodard (Sarabi), John Oliver (Zazu) and Seth Rogen (Pumbaa) have all appeared in films by Nic [...]
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The filmmakers gave Nala, played by Beyoncé, a classic movie star reveal in the film, with a nice [...]
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The final fight between Simba and Scar was originally rendered in slow-motion like the original, but [...]
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Sarabi's design features spots on her forelimbs, to give her a more distinctive appearance relative [...]
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The biggest reason Be Prepared was changed so drastically, a lot of it was insulting the intelligenc [...]
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Tony Bancroft, who animated Pumbaa in the original film, described the remake on Twitter as "the 'me [...]
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During the scene where Zazu first gives the Morning Report, he is knocked over by Simba's pouncing a [...]
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Amy Sedaris was originally announced as playing an elephant shrew in the film. In the final film, Se [...]
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While the ecological destruction of the Pride Lands was present in the 1994 version of the movie, it [...]
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The hyenas had a role to play in the ecosystem as scavengers. They were trying to survive and Scar r [...]
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There are various changes during the musical number "I Just Can't Wait to Be King": In the animated [...]
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Was shot inside a video game world created to look like the iconic settings from the original. Direc [...]
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The trailer for the movie, which played ahead of Il ritorno di Mary Poppins (2018), was screened in [...]
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Both Chiwetel Ejiofor and Seth Rogen are left-handed.
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Although JD McCrary says The Lion King has always been one of his favorite movies, he hasn't gotten [...]
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Nala and Scar never exchange dialogue throughout the film, the only part where it comes close to it [...]
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Timon in Il Re Leone (1994) always stood, walked, and ran on his hind legs; Timon will be more reali [...]
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Alfre Woodard's third time voice acting in a film, after Dinosauri (2000) and La famiglia della giun [...]
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Used to create the film's locations in virtual reality, was a video game engine called Unity, all of [...]
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This movie is frequently referred to (quite wrongly) as a "live-action" film, despite not having a s [...]
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MPC first had to write new software for more complex fur shading and rendering (Furtility) and muscl [...]
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Bringing beloved characters back to the big screen in a whole new way, the story journeys to the Afr [...]
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The scene where Scar and Simba look out over the Pride Lands before they go into the cave was one of [...]
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Ben Grossmann, the virtual production supervisor who managed the virtual reality aspects of The Lion [...]
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However, despite the efforts of the animation team, it appears as if Disney did not consider The Lio [...]
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Jon Faverau and Co. used VR to plan and shoot the reboot. They wanted to use real camera equipment t [...]
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Legato went on to describe some more practical applications of adopting the Unity/VR technology. "Wi [...]
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When asked if he had to sing face to face with the Queen B, herself (Beyoncé); Seth Rogen stated [...]
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Amy Sedaris' 2nd time in a film directed by Jon Favreau, following Elf - Un elfo di nome Buddy (2003 [...]
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J.D. McCrary (young Simba), who pads around the Pride Lands as young Simba, gushes, "Donald Glover i [...]
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For the European Spanish dub, some actors reprised their roles from the 1994 original: Miguel Ãng [...]
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Nathan Lane (Timon in the original Il Re Leone (1994)) and Alfre Woodward (Sarabi in the remake) hav [...]
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While everything in the mouse sequence is computer animated, the filmmakers studied the way nature d [...]
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Jon Favreau began thinking about remaking "The Lion King" while he was making his 2016 live-action a [...]
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This marks Donald Glover and Beyoncé Knowles debut with Disney.
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Before Mufasa scolds Simba for disobeying him Zazu reminds Mufusa he once knew a cub who was also re [...]
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Billy Eichner (Timon) and Shahadi Wright Joseph (Young Nala) also appeared together in fellow musica [...]
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Voice acting debut for Eric André (Azizi) in a feature film; he previously did voice over for Net [...]
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Chiwetel Ejiofor previously appeared with Idris Elba in American Gangster. Idris Elba was the voice [...]
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The footage of the topi (billed as an impala, though it looks nothing like one) grazing, just before [...]
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The scene where Nala sneaks off and leaves the pride to find help and Zazu distracting Scar and the [...]
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Beyoncé had previously turned down the role of Tiana in The Princess And The Frog.
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"Evolving the workflow was crucial," says Francesco Giordana, realtime software architect at MPC. "H [...]
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Simba boasts [[Disney/Aladdin "There will never be a king like me!"]] before launching into "Just Ca [...]
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The rhinoceroses appear to be both of the black and white species. Black have a narrow, pointed mout [...]
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The animation, color palette, and even character models are markedly improved between the two teaser [...]
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To capture the feel of a documentary, the filmmakers would use slow-motion shots, which in live-acti [...]
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Although Phil LaMarr is listed in the credits as the voice of "Impala," no impala appear anywhere in [...]
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The fruit Rafiki uses in the original film to mark Simba's forehead has been replaced with a kind of [...]
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During the famous log scene, if viewed very carefully, both Timon and Pumbaa are walking slightly sl [...]
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There are a total of 86 different species to be found in the movie.
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The spectacular sand dunes of Sossusvlei, in Namibia's Namib Desert, served as reference for Simba's [...]
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Billy Eichner (Timon) previously appeared in the spin-off film to DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar [...]
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Of the 14 main characters, just five - Mufasa (James Earl Jones), Shenzi (Whoopi Goldberg), Rafiki ( [...]
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What most fans probably don't know is that Favreau only made The Lion King because he felt that he c [...]
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In November 2017, Hans Zimmer was announced to return to compose the music for this film, as he did [...]
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JD McCrary a fan of the 1994 classic stated "It was amazing finding out when I got the role because [...]
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It was the prospect of getting inside his head that made Chiwetel Ejiofor really want to play Scar, [...]
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Donald Glover gave JD McCrary advice, stating: "Donald Glover told me to stay true to myself and be [...]
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Released the same year as the Elton John biopic Rocket Man. Elton John provides the songs with Tim R [...]
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Favreau felt that the broad comedy of the original hyenas didn't fit with the photorealism of his vi [...]
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The Zulu-language lyrics for the opening chant of "The Circle of Life" are: "Nants ingonyama bagithi [...]
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Jon Favreau revealed in an interview that he brought James Earl Jones back as the voice of Mufasa be [...]
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This film marks Sarabi's first full appearance in a Lion King production since the original animated [...]
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Seth Rogen said, "As an actor, I [...] don't think I'm right for every role there are a lot of roles [...]
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The environments for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" were inspired by Aberdare National Park in Keny [...]
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This film marks the first time Pharrell Williams has collaborated with Disney on a film; he served a [...]
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Disney's domination at the global box office and its plans to take on Netflix will be centre stage w [...]
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Both Nathan Lane, who played Timon in the original, and Billy Eichner, who played Timon in this vers [...]
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Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba sleep together in a stump similar to The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004).
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Jon Favreau drew inspiration for the interaction between Rafiki and adult Simba from Star Wars: The [...]
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The second film directed by Jon Favreau where the main villain is played by a Black British actor, a [...]
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Jon Favreau's encouragement to the cast and crew took several forms, from the first days of pre-prod [...]
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Even though they play Simba and Scar respectively (uncle and nephew), Donald Glover is only six year [...]
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Even though the film is CGI animated and the music scenes between characters make it seem like they [...]
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The 42nd film to gross over $1 billion.
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The VFX crew also used backlighting and sidelighting in key moments to make the scenes feel more rea [...]
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Jon Favreau, who has directed various few projects for Disney, Marvel and, more recently, Star Wars, [...]
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Both Seth Rogen (Pumbaa in this remake) and experienced voice actor Jim Cummings (Ed in the original [...]
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When asked how influenced he was by the original film to recreate the environments in a way that mir [...]
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When Donald Glover first heard Jon Favreau was doing the film, he was very excited because being a f [...]
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Although it is implied, Nala is younger than Simba. Beyoncé, who plays Nala in the film, is two y [...]
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John Kani's first film to have "Lion" in the title since White Lion (2010) released nine years ago.
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The Russian promo clip features multiple background creatures that are references to various minor c [...]
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Plenty of Disney (and William Shakespeare) fans know that The Lion King is an adaptation of Hamlet. [...]
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The expanded '"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was one of the first musical numbers that Pharrell Williams [...]
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While just a face, instead of the whole body, the painting of Simba on Rafiki's tree is the same des [...]
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New software developed for the film allowed Jon Favreau to replicate the shaky look of a handheld ca [...]
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"Scar is, simply put, a fascinating character, and the opportunity to examine his psychology and see [...]
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Rafiki's dialogue is a mixture of Khoisan and English.
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Lindiwe Mkhize, the singer of "Circle of Life," had been with the London company of the musical prod [...]
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Back in 2002, Billy Eichner (voice of Timon) was a bartender at the Lion King on Broadway.
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Visual effects supervisor Rob Legato used a wide variety of Blackmagic Design products to create the [...]
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For the chase sequence where Nala surprises Timon and Pumbaa, the filmmakers were inspired by footag [...]
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Even though James Earl Jones reprises his role as Mufasa, he is 46 years older than Chiwetel Ejiofor [...]
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The mouse that Scar trys to eat is a four-striped grass mouse.
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JD McCrary, who plays young Simba, was "super excited" to get the iconic role and found it "awesome" [...]
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Amy Sedaris's 4th time voice acting in a theatrical film, after Chicken Little - Amici per le penne [...]
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The opening of "The Circle of Life"--the first shot in the film--was just a real picture of Africa.
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Being an actor and coming from the world of improv himself, Jon Favreau brought the cast together in [...]
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Tickets for the film went on sale on the 24th of June 2019, the 25th anniversary of the release date [...]
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Shahadi Wright Joseph chose to work on the film because "Nala inspires little girls [...] She's a gr [...]
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In addition, this is the third remake to credit Tim Rice within its soundtrack after 2017's Beauty a [...]
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When asked how tough was it to create the verisimilitude of a photorealistic environment and at the [...]
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Jon Favreau and Donald Glover, were both in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) the year before.
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In the final battle sequence, the film makes a point to shine a spotlight on Shenzi vs Nala. Apparen [...]
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Director Jon Favreau found the cutest image of a baby warthog and felt they could create a fun depar [...]
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Keegan-Michael Key said that Kamari is very patient with Azizi, who is played by "The brilliant Eric [...]
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One of the most important aspects of any Disney musical is its villain song. From "Poor Unfortunate [...]
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The mouse Scar tried to eat appears more frequently in the film where it tries to find shelter in Pr [...]
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James Earl Jones was the voice of Mufasa in the original animated film. He is the sixth actor to rep [...]
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John Kani has insisted in several interviews that his voice character, Rafiki, has a different perso [...]
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Donald Glover (Simba in this remake) and Matthew Broderick (Simba in Il Re Leone (1994) animated fil [...]
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Alfre Woodard has no worries after Elton John criticized the remake of The Lion King. "I don't traff [...]
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At the end of the film, when Simba is reuniting with his friends and family after the battle, the ra [...]
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In production for three years.
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Beyoncé (Nala) was born in September 1981, only four days before Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who in h [...]
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This serves as the final credit for film editor Mark Livolsi, who died in September 2018.
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According to Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, the directors of Il Re Leone (1994), they both knew that [...]
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Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Nathan Lane and Jim Cummings (Shenzi, Banzai, Timon, and Ed the hyena [...]
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Second collaboration between Alfre Woodard (Sarabi) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Scar), after 12 anni schia [...]
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Over the weekend, the new "Lion King" pushed Disney (DIS) to $7.67 billion in global box-office tick [...]
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In order to get the sound right in the scene where Simba is practicing his roar in the gorge, the so [...]
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Rafiki is very clearly a mandrill in this iteration, as compared to the original version in which he [...]
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Jeremy Irons expressed interest in reprising his role as Scar.
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As with Il re leone 3 - Hakuna Matata (2004), we find out that Timon and Pumbaa were watching Simba [...]
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JD McCrary, who plays young Simba, previously worked with Donald Glover, who plays grown Simba, on a [...]
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In the performance of Timon's big songs "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and "Hakuna Matata" (shared [...]
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"The answer was creating individual characteristics for the animals, which had their own way of movi [...]
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In this version of "Hakuna Matata", Pumbaa actually manages to say the word "farted" because Timon d [...]
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At just nine years old, Shahadi Wright Joseph played young Nala in Disney's Broadway production of T [...]
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When the hyenas are chasing young Simba and Nala, the cubs run through a tunnel system while the hye [...]
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Chiwetel Ejiofor (Scar in this remake) and experienced voice actor Jim Cummings (Ed the Hyena in the [...]
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The filmmakers set up cameras and microphones to capture the actors in black box theater performance [...]
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In Il Re Leone (1994), Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa) was less than 7 years older than Nathan Lane (Timon). [...]
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According to Seth Rogen, his singing skills were so poor that the vocal coach hired for him (none ot [...]
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John Oliver (Zazu), Keegan-Michael Key (Kamari), and Billy Eichner (Timon), as well as Director Jon [...]
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When asked how easy is it given the technology that you have for Jon Favreau and the filmmakers to g [...]
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The original film was expected to draw herds of moviegoers at a time when ticket sales are seriously [...]
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Favreau, on the other hand, seems to think that the prime time for romance is when the sun still han [...]
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Scar deliberately aims for Mufasa's right eye when killing him to match his own scar.
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Seth Rogen (Pumbaa), Beyoncé (Nala) and James Earl Jones (Mufasa) were in films by Blue Sky Studi [...]
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While Africa was by far the greatest influence for the film, for the elephant graveyard, filmmakers [...]
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In the Icelandic dub, the actor who here voices adult Simba, Þorvaldur D. Kristjánsson, voiced [...]
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John Oliver liked Zazu when he was a kid. "I've always like a wisecracking bird and now I am that wi [...]
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In the original Il Re Leone (1994), Matthew Broderick (Simba) was left-handed and Jeremy Irons (Scar [...]
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Scar saying he will not challenge Mufusa again implies that the brothers had a fight before the even [...]
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Similar to a scene in the original, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is heard faintly in the backgrou [...]
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During the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" scene, Simba doesn't jump into the watering hole and pull [...]
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John Oliver (Zazu in this remake) previously appeared alongside Matthew Broderick (Simba in Il Re Le [...]
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Billy Eichner reached out to Nathan Lane, who played Timon in the original movie, for his blessing. [...]
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The scene where both Timon and Pumbaa are chased by Nala, and Pumbaa gets cornered at a wall and can [...]
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Seth Rogen (Pumbaa), John Oliver (Zazu) and Keegan-Michael Key (Kamari) also appeared alongside Bill [...]
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The idea of purposefully not making a shot look perfect was one that Favreau also focused on during [...]
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Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed that Disney was nominated for three of the five slots i [...]
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Jeff Nathanson initially wrote "Be Prepared" as a monologue, but knowing how important a villain son [...]
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Scar does not ban anyone from mentioning his dead brother's name in this film. Instead, he sternly l [...]
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Alfre Woodard (Sarabi) was in another live-action/CGI hybrid Disney film 19 years earlier as a lemur [...]
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The teaser trailer was released on November 22, 2018, during the annual Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving [...]
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