The Lion King Archives

Lion King Remake-Sequel in Works at Disney

virginiakublawi | Sep 30, 2020 | 0

Deadline reports that Disney has plans for a sequel to 2019’s “live-action” adaptation of The Lion King. The remake-sequel has Barry Jenkins attached as director, with the first remake’s screenwriter Jeff Nathanson returning. The script’s first draft has reportedly been completed, alth...

A Decade of Disney: The Lion King (1994)

virginiakublawi | Aug 22, 2019 | 0

Munir: Hello and welcome to another edition of A Decade Of, where we are currently reviewing the Disney Renaissance. Today, we are taking a look at what’s arguably the apex of this decade, The Lion King. Originally called King of the Jungle and conceived as “Bambi in Africa,” The Lion King was...

REVIEW: The Lion King (2019)

virginiakublawi | Jul 21, 2019 | 1

This week saw the release of Disney’s latest and cash-grabbiest remake yet, this time re-creating 1994’s The Lion King. Most of the discourse surrounding this film has been negative, calling it everything from soulless to creatively bankrupt. That being said, I’m sure it’ll be the “mane ev...

A Decade of Disney: The Renaissance (1989-1999)

virginiakublawi | Jul 14, 2019 | 0

Munir: Hello and welcome to another “A Decade Of” series. This time, we are going back in time to see one of the most popular and prosperous eras in Walt Disney Animation Studios: the Renaissance. Don’t worry; we’ll also do another series featuring the most recent decade once Frozen II open...

Disney’s The Lion King Trailer

andrewrodriguez | Apr 10, 2019 | 0

I’ll be the first to admit that when Disney first announced that they were working on a “live-action” Lion King film to add to their growing library of live-action remakes of their back catalog of animated classics, I was skeptical at best. For one, the live-action remakes have been hit and mi...

Disney Releases First Lion King Trailer

brettstevens | Nov 23, 2018 | 0

The Pride Lands are about to get the live-action treatment as the first teaser for Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King has been released. Like most people of my generation, I loved The Lion King growing up. It was the first movie I saw four times in the theater (a record that has since … ...