The Lion King (2019): The cinematic equivalent of sitting in traffic.- Emily VanDerWerff July 11, 2019īut the question remains: Should we call this new Lion King “animated” or “live action”? The people who care most deeply about how the new Lion King’s filmmaking is classified are animation fans who also participate in Film Twitter, many of whom are frustrated that the remake has abandoned the bright and lively style of the original film in favor of an endless stretch of bland and boring beige. Okay, the extent to which this is a “debate” is a little overstated. And if you’ve followed any of the ongoing debate about whether the new Lion King qualifies as true “live action,” it encapsulates the proxy argument you’re really listening to: Should “realistic” presentation be a movie’s primary goal? A lot of animation fans are upset with Disney for billing its Lion King remake as “live action” It’s also the inevitable result of today’s film culture. It is utterly and completely dispiriting. The vertical and horizontal movements that defined the earlier version are gone it ends not with a rising column of color and spectacle, but with a bunch of photorealistic jungle animals standing in the waterhole, arranged in a vaguely triangular tableau.
In the new version of The Lion King, director Jon Favreau stages “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” not as a kaleidoscope of movement and color, but instead as a sequence in which Simba and Nala prance around a waterhole. Everybody look left! Everybody look right! Everywhere you look, I’m standing in the spotlight! Disney
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The sequence is the movie in a nutshell - colorful, a little silly, and sneakily smart about the characters’ maturity levels. Its grand finale presents a massive tower of animals, an image straight out of the films of famous musical director Busby Berkeley, and the scene ends with Simba and Nala emerging at the top, perched on the back of an ostrich. DisneyĪnd animals will join in the dance, even if they’d traditionally be your prey: ZEBRAS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE? Disney In the world of The Lion King, the color of plants will shift when you transition from a dialogue scene to a musical number: Simba just can’t wait to be king. But it also uses the sequence to underline some of its visual grammar. The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, uses its “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” sequence to push its storytelling forward. Won’t that be great for all the residents of the Pridelands? Yeah, he’s as blinkered and naive as any little kid, but boy, he really can’t wait to be king. The song is imaginative and catchy, and it transforms Simba’s preening self-regard into such a hummable earworm that it’s easy enough to buy into everything he proclaims. He’s going to be the king someday, and that means he’ll never, ever have to listen to anybody he doesn’t want to.Īnd Simba just can’t wait to be king. The live-action reboot, directed by Favreau, is slated for a July 19, 2019, release.One of the best sequences in the original version of The Lion King - the 1994 Disney animated classic - involves young Simba the lion cub puffing up his own ego for the benefit of his pal Nala.
The Oscar-nominated 1994 animated feature version of The Lion King has grossed more than $968 million worldwide and inspired the long-running Tony-nominated musical, directed by Julie Taymor. Jeff Nathanson ( Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) pens the script for the live-action adaptation, which is being produced by Jon Favreau and Jeffrey Silver. Oliver has previously voiced characters in The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, The Simpsons, Danger Mouse, and Bob's Burgers. Oliver joins a cast that will also feature Donald Glover as the voice of Simba, Seth Rogen as the voice of Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as the voice of Timon, and James Earl Jones reprising the role of Mufasa, which he also voiced in the original. He fills the shoes of Rowan Atkinson, who voiced the lovable red-billed hornbill in the original 1994 animated film. It was announced yesterday that political comedian John Oliver, best known as the host of HBO's Last Week Tonight, will voice the role of Zazu in Disney's upcoming live-action remake of The Lion King. John Oliver will play Zazu in the live-action remake of Disney's The Lion King.
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