Donald Glover will voice Simba | Scroll.inJon Favreau, who did a similar animation-to-live-action-conversion exercise with 'The Jungle Book' in 2016, has directed 'The Lion King.' The movie will be released on July 19, 2019The first teaser of Disney’s live-action version of “The Lion King” was released today. The teaser replicates the opening sequence of the 1994 film, with computer-generated creatures replacing the animated figures from the original production. Jon Favreau, who did a similar animation-to-live-action-conversion exercise with “The Jungle Book” in 2016, has directed “The Lion King.” The movie will be released on July 19, 2019. “The Lion King” is one of Disney’s most successful animated films.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 23, 2018 16:07 UTC