The Lion King is a 2019 American musical drama movie directed and produced by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced through Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. It is a photorealistic computer-lively remake of Disney's historically lively 1994 movie of the identical name. The movie stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, Florence Kasumba, Eric André, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, in addition to James Earl Jones reprising his position from the unique movie. The plot follows Simba, a younger lion who has to embody his position because of the rightful king of his fatherland following the homicide of his father, Mufasa, at the palms of his uncle, Scar.
Plans for a remake of 1994's The Lion King had been shown in September 2016 following container workplace successes for Disney remakes which include The Jungle Book (2016), which became additionally directed through Favreau. Favreau became stimulated by the positive roles of characters withinside the Broadway adaptation and advanced upon factors of the unique movie's story. Much of the primary solid was signed in early 2017, and major pictures started out in mid-2017 on a blue display degree in Los Angeles. The "virtual-truth tools" applied in The Jungle Book's cinematography had been used to an extra diploma all through the filming of The Lion King. Composers Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and lyricist Tim Rice, all of whom labored on the unique's soundtrack, again to compose the rating along Knowles-Carter, who assisted John with inside transforming of the soundtrack and wrote a piece of brand new music for the movie, titled "Spirit", which she additionally performed. The movie serves because of the very last credit score for editor Mark Livolsi, and it's far devoted to his memory. With predicted finance of around $260 million, it's by far one of the maximum costly movies ever made.
The movie premiered in Hollywood on July 9, 2019, and became theatrically launched withinside the United States on July 19, 2019, withinside the Dolby Cinema, RealD 3-d, and IMAX formats. It has grossed over $1. 6 billion international all through its theatrical run, overtaking Frozen to emerge as the highest-grossing lively movie of all time. It additionally has become the seventh-highest-grossing movie of all time and the second-highest-grossing movie of 2019. The Lion King acquired blended opinions from critics, with a reward for its visible effects, music, and vocal performances (especially Rogen and Eichner), however grievance for its loss of originality and facial emotion at the characters. The movie acquired nominations for Best Animated Feature Film and Original Song classes at the 77th Golden Globe Awards and the twenty-fifth Critics' Choice Awards. It became additionally nominated at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards and 92nd Academy Awards, each for visible effects. A prequel movie, titled Mufasa: The Lion King, is ready for launch on July 5, 2024, with Barry Jenkins connected to direct.
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