Disney Continues To Amaze With First Teaser For Jon Favreau's Live-Action, 'The Lion King'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Years ago, do you think anyone predicted that we’d be seeing Disney animated classics being adapted for the big screen yet again but in live-action format? I know I didn’t; but after the success and incredible visuals of 2016’s, The Jungle Book it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the house of the mouse would be doing plenty more live-action remakes of their animated fare. Last night, on Thanksgiving, we were lucky enough to receive the teaser trailer for The Lion King and it’s incredible.

            The trailer is essentially a shot-for-shot remake of the first trailer for the original 1994 animated flick. The CGI is devastatingly beautiful and though we only get a few shots of iconic characters such as Simba and Rafiki, we’re already watering at the mouth for more from this film. I believe it could become the highest-grossing film of all-time, that’s just an early prediction based on this tease. Jon Favreau, who directed the live-action, The Jungle Book will direct the film and he already seems like the perfect choice.

            Check out the first teaser for 2019’s, The Lion King below! The movie hits theaters on July 19^th and stars Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keegan-Michael Key, James Earl Jones, Billy Eichner, Alfre Woodard, John Oliver and Beyonce.