Oscar Watch: The Lion King’s VFX Supervisor’s Groundbreaking New Techniques
Earlier this year, Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King landed as both a critical and box office hit. Pride Rock looked stunning. The animals appeared real. No creatures were harmed in the making of the film, and Beyoncé herself played Nala, protagonist Simba’s level-headed love interest and future queen. Alongside a star-studded cast, The Lion King also broke new ground in visual effects,
Meet the Sound Team That Helped The Lion King Roar
After a massive worldwide opening weekend, it’s safe to say the iconic songs from 1994 Disney animated classic The Lion King are still infectious.
In the retelling of the story, not only did director Jon Favreau bring back the original Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and songs from Elton John and Tim Rice, but he added icons Pharrell Williams as a producer and Beyoncé singing “Spirit” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” as Nala.
Shahadi Wright Joseph on Becoming the Young Nala in The Lion King
Young Nala in Disney’s new remake of The Lion King (which opens today) might be a lioness cub, but she’s nothing less than a princess. After all, Nala grows up to be Queen, at which she’s played by none other than Beyoncé. But the young Nala, voiced by 14-year-old Shahadi Wright Joseph, is very much in the tradition of feisty young Disney heroines from Mulan to Frozen’s Elsa to Brave’s Merida.
Listen to Beyoncé’s Single “Spirit” From The Lion King
The early reactions to the new, gorgeously rendered The Lion King hail a masterpiece of visual storytelling. Among the many aspects of director Jon Favreau’s updated take on the 1994 animated classic that wowed the critics was Beyoncé‘s turn as the lioness Nala. Now you can listen to Bey’s new single from the film, “Spirit,” which will be a part of an album she’s producing and curating for The Lion King.
The Lion King Early Reactions Hail A Roaring Achievement
Director Jon Favreau‘s The Lion King held its first screening last night, which means the initial reactions are now stampeding in. This reboot of the beloved 1994 animated classic had a lot to live up to. As he did for his 2016 remake of The Jungle Book, Favreau and his team used cutting edge technology to render, Simba, Mufasa and the rest of the animals of the African Serengeti in photo-realistic detail.
Stars of The Lion King Announce “Protect the Pride” Initiative
Who says mass popular entertainment can’t also be a force for good? In a new video stars from the upcoming The Lion King, it’s Scar himself (actually, it’s the man who voices him, Chiwetel Ejiofor) who alerts us to a sobering fact: since the release of the original animated film 25-years ago, the number of lions in the world has declined…by half. Many of the cast members of Jon Favreau‘s new The Lion King are here to deliver the startling news.
Watch Beyonce Speak as Nala in new The Lion King Spot
As we approach the premiere of Jon Favreau’s The Lion King reboot, Disney has been slowly revealing the film’s shockingly gorgeous look. This retelling of the beloved 1994 animated classic has been made to look as close to photorealistic as you could reasonably hope for, rendering Simba, Mufasa and the rest of the animal kingdom of the African Serengeti with stunning realism. Yet what we haven’t seen or heard, until now,
The Lion King‘s new Images & Posters Tease Film’s Gorgeous Photo-Realism
There’s one thing we know for certain about Jon Favreau‘s live-action remake of The Lion King—it looks stunning. Now a fresh batch of posters and images reinforce just how precise filmmaking technology has become, allowing Favreau to take the beloved 1994 original and turn it into this lush, photo-realistic take on one of Disney’s most iconic stories. The posters reveal close-ups of our main characters, while the new images give us our first great look at Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Scar,
The Official Lion King Trailer is a Stunner
The first official trailer for Jon Favreau‘s The Lion King is stunning. Favreau is now a veteran of transforming Disney classics with the best available computer animation technology in the business. His first crack at it was his critically acclaimed reboot of The Jungle Book, but as beloved as the 1967 animated film version was, The Lion King is a whole other kettle of fish.
New Trailer for The Lion King Drops During the Oscars
And the Oscar for Best Trailer Drop goes to…
Disney unveiled its newest trailer for upcoming summer blockbuster The Lion King on Sunday during the 91st Academy Awards, on Hollywood’s biggest night.
This follows last November’s rousing first look at the live-action remake, which became the second most-watched trailer in history in 24 hours, raking roughly 224.6 million views worldwide. Jon Favreau serves as director, after helming 2016’s hit live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book.
The Lion King Trailer is 2nd Most Watched in History in 24 Hours
Perhaps you caught The Lion King trailer while in a state of well-fed sedation during Thanksgiving? That’s when Walt Disney Studios decided to drop the first teaser trailer for their upcoming live-action take on one of their most beloved animated classics, and it was enough to rouse anyone from turkey-induced catatonia. Jon Favreau’s film, at least from what you can see in the minute-and-a-half teaser trailer, is a photorealistic wonder. It has taken the rich,
Seth Rogen Shares an Awesome Lion King Cast Photo from the Studio
This cast photo from The Lion King will give you those ‘Hakuna Matata’ vibes all day long. Seth Rogen, Donald Glover, Billy Eichner, and director Jon Favreau had no worries as they posed in the recording studio together.
Rogen shared the photo on social media yesterday of the live action voice actors. Glover will star as Simba, the young heir to pride rock. Eichner and Rogen will play the lion’s jovial friends he meets in exile,
All Hail Queen Bey: The Lion King Live Action Cast is A Dream Come True
The Lion King live action remake has found its Queen, and the news is better than we ever dared to dream. Disney tweeted the full cast lineup, and the biggest announcement was that Beyoncé has officially accepted the role of Nala.
#TheLionKing. 2019. pic.twitter.com/UMJo18FwDt
— Disney (@Disney) November 1, 2017
Queen Bey has truly given us a gift.
The Lion King Live-Action Remake Casts Seth Rogen & Billy Eichner as Timon & Pumbaa
We wrote about director Jon Favreau’s passion for taking on The Lion King live-action remake. Disney knew they had the right person for the job after his ace job handling The Junlge Book live-action remake, and now, they’ve got two very funny actors for the film’s funniest characters, Timon and Pumbaa.
The Wrap reports that Rogen and Eichner are in final negotiations to voice the warthog and meerkat respectively,
Jon Favreau Talks Live-Action Lion King at Tribeca Film Festival
Director Jon Favreau is no stranger to huge expectations. When he took on directing a live-action remake of Disney’s beloved 1967 animated classic The Jungle Book, he had his work cut out for him. What he and his team pulled off in their version was stunning, a lush, fully realized world of bears, panthers, pythons, a seriously sinister tiger and one very spirited little boy named Mowgli was astonishing.
Favreau’s next project comes with even higher expectations,
The Jungle Book‘s Jon Favreau to Direct Live-Action The Lion King Remake
Walt Disney Studios has found their man to direct a live-action remake of their blockbuster 1994 animated smash The Lion King. And why wouldn’t it be Jon Favreau? He just directed another Disney smash, the live-action remake of The Jungle Book, which was a critical and commercial homerun. Now Favreau will be taking on an even more celebrate classic from the Disney archives, one that spawned the most successful Broadway shows in history,
