“The Lion King” is three years in the making with some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Beyoncé, and the expectations couldn’t be higher. Favreau wasn’t even finished with his version of “The Jungle Book” when he started inquiring about plans for “The Lion King.” He’d learned so much about motion capture technology and had a team he knew how to collaborate with. And he set to work prepping this “live-action” ‘’Lion King,” which, it should be said isn’t live-action at all. The resulting special effect is that “It should feel like a live-action movie,” he said, even if it’s technically animated. And the hope is that this version resonates not only with the generations that grew up with “The Lion King,” but with a new batch of kids as well who may be experiencing it for the first time this way.

Source: Washington Post July 16, 2019 21:56 UTC