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The Lion King Is A 2019 American

The Lion King is a 2019 photorealistic remake of the 1994 Disney animated film, directed by Jon Favreau. It follows the story of Simba, a young lion who must take his place as king of the pride lands after his father Mufasa is murdered by his uncle Scar. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and became the highest-grossing film of 2019.

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The Lion King Is A 2019 American

The Lion King is a 2019 photorealistic remake of the 1994 Disney animated film, directed by Jon Favreau. It follows the story of Simba, a young lion who must take his place as king of the pride lands after his father Mufasa is murdered by his uncle Scar. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and became the highest-grossing film of 2019.

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The Lion King is a 2019 American musical film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, written

by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a photorealistic remake of


Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film stars the voices
of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John
Kani, John Oliver, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role
from the original film. The plot follows Simba, a young lion who must embrace his role as the
rightful king of his native land following the murder of his father, Mufasa, at the hands of his
uncle, Scar.

The Lion King

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Jon Favreau

Produced by  Jon Favreau


 Jeffrey Silver
 Karen Gilchrist

Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson

Based on Disney's The Lion King


by Irene Mecchi
Jonathan Roberts
Linda Woolverton[1]

Starring  Donald Glover


 Seth Rogen
 Chiwetel Ejiofor
 Alfre Woodard
 Billy Eichner
 John Kani
 John Oliver
 Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
 James Earl Jones

Music by Hans Zimmer

Cinematography Caleb Deschanel

Edited by  Mark Livolsi


 Adam Gerstel

Production  Walt Disney Pictures


company  Fairview Entertainment

Distributed by Walt Disney Studios


Motion Pictures

Release date  July 9, 2019 (Hollywood)


 July 19, 2019 (United States)

Running time 118 minutes[2]

Country United States

Language English

Budget $250–260 million[3][4]

Box office $1.655 billion[5]

Plans for a remake of 1994's The Lion King were confirmed in September 2016 following box
office successes for Disney remakes such as The Jungle Book (2016), which was

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