George Chrysostomou on Disney’s original live-action movies… The House of Mouse is one of the biggest content producers in the world. With its combination of theme parks, TV shows, toys, shops and soon to be released streaming service, Disney is ahead of much of the competition in regards to being a cultural cornerstone of our […]
Disney’s The Lion King remake gets a first trailer and poster
Walt Disney Pictures has just dropped a Thanksgiving gift for fans of the 1994 animated classic The Lion King with the release of the first trailer for director Jon Favreau’s (The Jungle Book) upcoming remake; check it out here, along with a teaser poster featuring young Simba… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OARmVa5qs54 Lions rule the African savanna in The […]
Jon Favreau shares The Lion King behind-the-scenes cast photo
The Lion King director Jon Favreau has shared a behind the scenes photo from the upcoming remake of the 1994 Disney classic featuring himself alongside voice actors Donald Glover (Simba), Seth Rogen (Pumba), and Billy Eichner (Timon) in a recording studio; check it out here… #lionking@Sethrogen @billyeichner @donaldglover pic.twitter.com/O1gyQFWYub — Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) October 17, 2018 […]
Exclusive Interview – Jim Capobianco on Disney, Pixar and his new film The Inventor
Martin Carr chats with Jim Capobianco… One overcast Sunday afternoon I found myself on the phone to Jim Capobianco. Affable, Oscar nominated and busy on post production work for Mary Poppins Returns, we talked about his career in animation and a passion project known as The Inventor. MC: What got you interested in animation as […]
Wonder Woman 2, Venom, The Lion King and First Man to feature IMAX sequences
Marvel Studios will make history this month when Avengers: Infinity War becomes the first movie to be shot entirely in IMAX, and it looks as though we’ll be seeing plenty of filmmakers employing the format over the coming years. According to IMAX CEO Greg Foster, Ruben Fleischer has made use of the expanded aspect ratio […]
Elton John working with Beyonce on new song for The Lion King remake
He won an Oscar for his work on the 1994 animated movie (and a further two nominations), co-writing the songs ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’, ‘Circle of Life’ and ‘Hakuna Matata’ with Tim Rice, and now Elton John has confirmed that the duo are working on a new song for Jon Favreau’s upcoming remake […]
The Lion King’s full cast revealed, Beyonce confirmed as Nala
The full cast for Jon Favreau’s live-action take on Disney’s classic The Lion King has been revealed with mega-artist Beyonce being one of the last to join the film. She will play Nala as an adult and shared a photo of the rest of the cast over her Facebook page, while Disney shared via Twitter. The other […]
Alfre Woodard and John Kani join The Lion King remake
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Captain America: Civil War co-stars Alfre Woodard and John Kani have become the latest additions to the cast of Disney and Jon Favreau’s The Lion King remake. Woodard is set to voice Sarabi, the mother of Simba, with Kani portraying the baboon Rafiki. The duo join a cast that […]
Chiwetel Ejiofor in talks to voice Scar in The Lion King
Disney and Jon Favreau may have found its villainous Scar for The Lion King remake, with Doctor Strange’s Chiwetel Ejiofor in talks to voice the evil lion, according to The Wrap. Jeremy Irons voiced the role in the original animated film. So far, the film’s cast includes Donald Glover (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Simba, Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street) […]
Hans Zimmer’s greatest non-Christopher Nolan soundtracks
With Dunkirk out now, Sean Wilson selects those Zimmer soundtrack classics that have been overlooked… Christopher Nolan’s astonishing, overpowering World War II epic Dunkirk is on release now and there’s a common thread running through the laudatory reviews: the music is inseparable from the visuals. Indeed, Hans Zimmer’s keening, groaning, growling compositions help blur the […]
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