Disney has officially confirmed that The Walt Disney Studios and director Jon Favreau are putting a new reimagining of The Lion King on the fast track to production. The project follows the technologically groundbreaking smash hit The Jungle Book, directed by Favreau, which debuted in April and has earned $965.8 million worldwide.
The Lion King builds on Disney’s success of reimagining its classics for a contemporary audience with films like Maleficent, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. The upcoming Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, is already one of the most anticipated movies of 2017. Like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King will include songs from the animated film. Disney and Favreau are also in development on a sequel to The Jungle Book. No release date has been announced for either film.
The Lion King (1994) is one of the biggest animated films of all time with a lifetime global box office gross of $968.8 million, including $422.8 million domestically. It won Academy Awards for the original song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (Elton John, Tim Rice) and original score (Hans Zimmer), plus two Grammy Awards, with the soundtrack selling over 14 million copies. In 1997, the stage production The Lion King made its Broadway debut, winning six Tony Awards; 19 years later, it remains one of Broadway’s biggest hits alongside several other productions running around the world, including London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Madrid, Mexico City, Shanghai, and North America. Translated into eight different languages, its 23 global productions have been seen by more than 85 million people across every continent except Antarctica. The Lion King’s worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or other entertainment title in box office history.
They will be white supremacists with redneck accents this time around.
Lincoln Bailey
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Owen Wood
That's probably next
Dominic Smith
HYPERBOLE BACKLASH DISAPPOINTMENT PROFIT
Xavier Sullivan
Aladdin has a musical adaptation now. It's just a matter of time.
I'm genuinely amazed that Disney are going so full retard right now.
Gabriel Phillips
They'll be Afrikaners.
Jackson Wright
Why is it called "live action" if the movie is gonna be 99% cgi?
Jayden Collins
that's racist
Carter Thompson
Staring
Juan Gutierrez
>The upcoming Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, is already one of the most anticipated movies of 2017 what
Elijah Reed
No!
Ryan Rodriguez
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Zachary Russell
They are most likely going to drop the cartoon art style and go with the modern cgi
They are most likely going to make this filled with political bullshit
They're going to cut out the best parts out to not hurt anyone's feelings
amirite
Ryan Green
Long live Mufasa
Mason Brown
Hyped as FUARK desu senpai.
Jungle Book was one of my favorites of the year and honestly made it into my top 5 of all time. If Disney wants to do this, let 'em yo. Aint nothing wrong with watching a new generation be captivated by this magic.
Asher Jackson
Go back to Cred Forums
Mason Price
>They're going to cut out the best parts out to not hurt anyone's feelings Is there anything in the original that wouldn't fly in the current year?
Joseph Edwards
Why, nigga
I came here to talk about cool shizz I enjoyed and you literally cant tell me what to do. Don't be a bully dude....really not cool...
Adam Bailey
Only if they get James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons to reprise their voice roles.
Aiden Evans
WITH THE LIGHTS OUT
Anthony Hall
>desu senpai who the fuck writes this shit get back to rëddit faglord
Oliver Myers
>not knowing the filters imposed on to be honest family
spoken like a true tourist from reddit
Easton Cruz
>faglord
Who writes this shit?
Hunter Nelson
>tfw they add human characters
Nathan Wood
What's the fucking point? Either they'll shove in out of place human characters or they'll make the exact same movie but this time it'll be CGI instead of hand-drawn animation. I don't see how Disney can justify this blatant cashgrab.
Gabriel Flores
of all the disney films to remake, they went with this? why not aladdin or mulan?
so is it gonna be a musical? will they bring back the original voice actors? what about the score?
Carson Green
It's about a young male reclaiming his heritage by throwing out an invading group which has corrupted his land.
Noah Gomez
Trump : The Movie
Luis Gray
What did she mean by this?
Ethan Stewart
This. but give them time
Camden White
Was I the only one who didn't at all care for the live action Jungle Book?
Like, I left the theater thinking I'd find people dismissing it as an unnecessary cashgrab at best, but for some reason people consider it a masterpiece?
I don't really get it.
Benjamin Campbell
>Toy Story 4 is still happening
Nathan Scott
I want to fuck that lioness.
Gabriel Morgan
>the remake ends with the lions and hyenas sitting around a campfire singing kumbaya
Ian Anderson
Screenplay by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.
Brayden James
The new Jungle Book was good because the old one was kind of shitty when you look back on it. However, Lion King definitely still holds up and isn't even that old, so what's the point besides the obvious cashgrab?
Will Jeremy's Iron still voice Scar?
Wyatt Allen
>the old one was kind of shitty when you look back on it.
After having just seen the new Tarzan movie, this scenario is far from impossible.
Despite Disney using explicit Nazi imagery for the villains, there's no denying that the spirit of the movie is very völkisch. I fear that this is what will be altered in the remake.
Angel Morales
A live action Aladdin might be cool though. Then again, I'm one of the few who enjoyed Prince of Persia
Dylan Watson
I wouldn't mind it. One of my bosses is Indian and she's fine as fuck. I want to put my dick inside her if you know what I mean.
Hudson Butler
Hakuna My Tatas
Dylan Myers
Not sure about masterpiece, but I thought it was fine. Christopher Walken's musical number was a weird choice though
Angel Diaz
will they cgi the sequels too? I never liked 2 that much except for the songs and timon & pumbaa but 3 is sequelkino
Isaac Anderson
Kys you filthy nigger
Gavin Barnes
one of my favorite things about animated musicals is when everything goes colorful and trippy, or there's at least some lighting change or a little choreography, I didn't like how he was just sitting there
Ryan Allen
but that was my all time favorite scene in the whole movie. also what about pic related's movie, is his next?
Kayden Lewis
too many white people on that one, that wouldn't be politically correct
Kayden Bailey
dont care. saw the movie and know the story.
Nicholas Butler
>Favorite Disney movies are Hunchback and Hercules I feel safe in assuming neither will end up getting a movie
Landon Rivera
The new Jungle Book movie actually surprised me a bit by how good it was. The kid playing Mowgli was cute as fuck, Bill Murrays lazy, phoning-it-in voice worked really well for Baloo, and Idris Elba as Khan was fucking perfect. Though I could've done without Christopher Walkens weird rendition of "I wanna be like you". That shit was surreal
Levi Cox
>Lion King redone in CG >they remake that part where Nala and Simba are tumbling in the forest and she's pinned beneath him giving him 'that look'
Nathaniel Morris
How is this a problem again?
If it sucks, everyone will remember how great the old one was, and it will be forgotten.
If it's mediocre, it will be forgotten.
If it's great, hey, it's a great movie.
I don't see how this ruins anything from the old one. Ghostbusters may have been one thing with a pushy shit-casted shitfest that spit on their old fans, but this won't be.
Michael Stewart
You know, I enjoyed the Jungle Book movie, even with the shitty child actor. I haven't seen the other live action Disney movies, but I'm sure they're fine in the quality department, like most stuff Disney produces.
It's just kind of sad that this is just a way to get young adults who aren't parents into the theater to see these kinds of movies. Normalfags already see 3D animation as the natural evolution of 2D animation, despite them being two different things. Now these movies are seen as the "peak" of animations development because that other stuff is for retard babies.
Put your dick inside her what? Her underwear? Her room? This seems like an intentionally ambiguous comment by yourself
Aaron Myers
People didn't like Prince of Persia?
Granted the second and third ones seemed like weird cash ins that were just obstacle courses for the player to try and conquer. Which I won't bitch about, just saying.
Oh shit they rebooted it in like 2012 didn't they? I hear that one isn't very good but I don't know.
Brayden Myers
I could live with this.
Jayden Flores
He may have given you a stiffy, but I just thought he was stiff.
Dylan Barnes
>though image was a penis until I looked closer and realized it was lions I've been on Cred Forums too long.
Joseph Bennett
I love The Lion King and I'm looking forward for the remake
If you oppose this you are literally still stuck in childhood and think it can be "ruined"
Jace Thomas
fookin moofasa
Ryder Robinson
>"Long live the king"
What did he mean by this?
Jace Cook
The Lion King isn't that great; it's midtier Disney.
Only manchildren have even cried about their childhood being 'ruined'.
>Beauty and Beast with Emma Watson as Belle is one of the most anticipated releases for 2017
Do people just add that shit to everything nowadays? "The most anticipated for next year!" I haven't heard anyone talking about it let alone anyone giving a shit about it.
I actually love the movie but this is going to be straight shit and I am going to laugh my ass off when the canary yellow dress scene is straight garbage
Alexander Fisher
thanks for the (You), friend
Charles Lopez
>Roaring >In subtitles "Simba, you are the Lion King" >Simba roars >In subtitles "Yes father" >More roaring >"I will make you proud"
wouldnt mind a hercules remake being honest my family
Daniel Bennett
go back to /r/circlejerk you tourist
Tyler King
A Goofy Movie remake with the climax at flavor-of-the-month-singer concert when?
Liam Butler
this is why furries exist
Kevin Peterson
I don't honestly believe Meg or Hades could be made as good again. Meg is best Disney girl.
Levi Cook
if they add hunters the "Kimba rip-off!!!!" people will finally be right
Oliver Gomez
This will be the biggest movie of whatever year it comes out. Screenshot this.
Jonathan Butler
>Live action
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
STOP
Hunter Jones
I had zero expectations. I thought it was pretty bad. the kid was a pretty shit actor and it missed a lot of the feelings the animated movie had.
Camden Bailey
>muh childhood! no one cares KYS
Andrew Wright
second biggest, there will always be a Star Wars film in december
Nathan Lewis
>t. virgin
Dylan Taylor
i know a girl who looks so much like meg, same sort of curves and everything..
Nicholas Perry
Mowgli was an unlikable character and he cares more about a bear he has known for a day than the wolves who raised him.
Kevin Flores
Lion King sucks, who cares?
Boohoo my dad is dead and here my two best friends Reddit and Cred Forums who eat shit and I literally have a monkey for a uncle. I become king. the end.
Luis Foster
>curves oh yes
Eli Evans
kids prefer fun over responsability
Liam Scott
You could still get Jason Marsden to mocap Max Goof because that nigga's like 4'9
Jaxon Peterson
ITS LESS DANGEROUS
Dylan Moore
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Charles Walker
>projecting this hard on an anonymous mexican photography board
Easton Scott
They're waiting a few more years so Robin Williams is "a nostalgic memory that the new Genie will honor" instead of "that irreplaceable talent that no Genie performance could compare to who hung himself"
Wyatt Bennett
squint and the lion looks like a cock and balls lel
Hunter Anderson
NO. Fuck Copley.
Chase Clark
low test, buddy
Cameron Nelson
le 90s kids amirite xD
Connor Jackson
>and you literally cant tell me what to do. Except I literally can. Are you following me camera guy? Go fuck yourself!
Andrew Lopez
you seem confused
Hudson Anderson
I know one who has the same voice and the same sass.
Doesn't look like her one bit though.
Daniel White
One of the kids from stranger things is gonna voice little simba, calling it now
Easton White
pics?
Easton Martinez
>reimagining its classics for a contemporary audience This is how you know you're too old. When the disney movies you grew up with are now considered classical. Its like when music you used to listen to is now on the classic rock station.
It all downhill from here.
Thomas Stewart
Pls be Millie.
Jordan Martin
>unironically being a normie REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Caleb Harris
It's not that we're old, it's Hollywood that's out of ideas.
Aladdin is Arabian/Persian inspired you idiot. That being said, I have a female coworker from Iran who looks exactly like Jasmine. She wears a bit too much makeup though.
Justin Murphy
Urg these live action remakes suck balls! Stop going to the well again and again Disney and make something new instead of tranishing classics
Henry Perez
Jon Favreau is good I enjoyed Jungle Book alot This is good news
Luis Jackson
shit! how did you know? are you the nsa?
Matthew Evans
>make something new >implying lion king wasn't ripped off entirely from a nip cartoon >implying lion king isn't Hamlet with animals >Implying any of their animated movies haven't just been sanitized adaptations of fairy tales and folk stories or classic literature Never go full retard.
David Powell
> We went too far,
They would only be going to far if they cast a Black chick to play Ariel in the new upcoming live action Little Mermaid film.
Don't think they would ? They already did it to one of the most iconically blonde characters in history Rapunzel
Rapunzel is now black and has shit locks. They've already gone to far . Theres no stopping this shipwreck.
Austin Kelly
Scarlett trying to corner the market on the asian demo?
Gabriel Hernandez
It's true. All of it.
Gavin Sanders
have you seen chef by jon favreau?
Angel Torres
>open thumbnail first before reading post >what the fuck is on the floor...wait...no way this shit is >read post
WHAT THE FUCK! I'm not racist you black can do whatever but FUCK YOU man fuck this shit How the fuck do you think ANYONE wants to see black fucking hair dragging on the floor everywhere?!
Man fuck Disney for this shit
Owen Flores
Even black girls don't like their own fucking hair.
Jeremiah Sanders
Feels bad man, even he has that cuck pose.
Adam Martin
Remeber kids! They do this because they think it will make them money.
DON'T WATCH THEIR CRAPPY "RE-IMAGINING".
FFS, I am so fucking done with remakes, reboots. and "re-imagining" classic movies that are perfectly fine in their original form.
Xavier Butler
>it's a Cred Forums gets angry over Disney casting black actors for the lions episode can't wait
Jordan Morris
I can see it now.
>They will call it the Lion King, but really it will be about Nala wondering why SHE can't be King.
>Simba will be recast a commoner lion, with a black accent. Nala will be Mufasa's only daughter and have a white voice actor.
>Hyenas will have redneck accents. Will make fun of Nala for being a girl.
>Nala will be strong independent womyn who needs no man.
>Movie ends when Nala becomes King by defeating the Patriarchy and racist Rednecks. Marries were one true love Simba.
Easton Hernandez
no Scar no buy desu
Dylan Edwards
I read just a few weeks ago that the bun-drop meme that's been doing the rounds on instagram was racist because black women genetically cannot grow long, dropping hair without chemically assaulting their hair harder than Saddam did the Kurds.
David Taylor
at least there'll be no human kid that have no acting capability because everything is cgi
Ethan Torres
>The Lion King’s worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or other entertainment title in box office history.
>exclamation points instead of all caps >desu senpai >who the fuck writes this shit >when reddit pretends to not be from reddit
Colton Robinson
>They are most likely going to drop the cartoon art style and go with the modern cgi Most likely? i mean did you think they were going to just remake it with hand drawn animation? did you miss the entire point of this series of remakes?
Landon Williams
>Maleficent was this movie actually any good? tell me the truth, tv board
Jaxson White
some folks out there still believe it could make a come back
Henry Russell
>complains about desu sempai >writes faglord
Where do you think you are?
Kayden Carter
I was sure this movie was safe from Disneys remake rampage. Then they did Jungle Book and I was sure they would take a crack at this eventually. The fact that Jungle Book was actually good and that Favreau is helming this gives me hope this wont be a trainwreck.
Robert Phillips
It pretty much ruined the whole point of the original movie.
Also even on its own its just 'eh' at best. If you wanna watch it would only be for waifus and yuri subtext.
Blake Collins
I thought the point of these remakes is to make more money off of old ideas simply made more feminist and updated to check all the political diversity boxes at the same time.
Noah Moore
It's worth just for Angelina Jolie desu senpai
Tyler Perez
remove the bedroom eyes and what's left?
Adam Brown
THIS
Brody Thompson
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Chase Powell
they already BLACKED the Lion King on Broadway so I cant see how much worse it could get