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Barry Jenkins to direct a live-action sequel to Disney’s The Lion King

Posted 6 years ago

Big news has come out of Pride Rock this afternoon as Disney has announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins (MOONLIGHT, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK) is set to direct a live-action sequel to Disney's THE LION KING. Jeff Nathanson, who...

Taika Waititi and friends to read James and the Giant Peach for charity

Posted 6 years ago

Attention parents and lovers of timeless children's literature, Taika Waititi and a bunch of his friends are gearing up to honor the work of author Roald Dahl with a star-studded read-along of James and the Giant Peach. The fun is set...

Elton John says The Lion King remake was a huge disappointment

Posted 7 years ago

No matter what your thoughts are regarding Disney's onslaught of live-action adaptations of their animated classic, you've got to admit that they make a hell of a lot of box-office bucks. Jon Favreau's "live-action" take on THE LION KING hit...

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The Lion King set for Digital release on October 11, Blu-ray on October 22

Posted 7 years ago

As should be a surprise to no one, Disney’s remake of THE LION KING cleaned up the box office this summer. Becoming the biggest non-Marvel/Star Wars/Pixar movie ever from the House of Mouse, KING has made $533 million domestically and...

Summer 2019 Box Office Wrap-Up!

Posted 7 years ago

The “summer movie season” of 2019 — releases first hitting theaters between May and August — provided a very familiar array of sequels, remakes, superheroes, animation, horror, big-budget spectacle, and any combination thereof (plus one Quentin Tarantino movie). While there...

Some animators on the original Lion King are divided over Disney’s remake

Posted 7 years ago

If you were wondering if and when Disney would ever stop with their live-action/CGI remakes of their animated hits, then all you have to do is look at THE LION KING’s over $1 billion total (after two weeks) to realize...

The Lion King becomes fourth Disney movie to cross $1 billion this year

Posted 7 years ago

Going into the summer it was basically a fact that Disney’s remake of THE LION KING would dominate the season, and indeed the movie has lived up to its title and wasted no time become the king of the summer...

Jon Favreau reveals the only “real shot” in all of The Lion King

Posted 7 years ago

Regardless of what you think about the remake of Disney’s THE LION KING, what’s undeniable is that the movie sports some groundbreaking visual effects that, almost eerily, blurs the line between what is and isn’t real. Entire landscapes and animals were...

Weekend Box Office Report: The Lion King holds the throne!

Posted 7 years ago

Disney's Lion is still King! The remake of Disney's cherished African tale sat atop the box office for a second weekend as THE LION KING remained in first place with an estimated $75.5 million! Director Jon Favreau's realistically animated update...

Weekend Box Office Report: The Lion King remake roars!

Posted 7 years ago

Disney remake takes a mighty big box office bite! Disney continued re-imagining their animated classics to great success this weekend as THE LION KING prowled the top of the chart with an estimated opening of $185 million! The new version...

The Lion King roars with $23 million from Thursday night shows

Posted 7 years ago

This summer hasn’t seen quite the level of success as past years, what with plenty of expensive tentpole movies limping to make $100 million domestically (GODZILLA), if at all (sorry DARK PHOENIX…and MEN IN BLACK). But movies like TOY STORY...

Watch the gorgeous music video for Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from The Lion King

Posted 7 years ago

When you get Beyoncé Knowles-Carter in your movie, you don’t just get the actress, coming in to say her lines and bounce. No, you get the full array of heavenly talent, and for the remake of THE LION KING, that...

Crawl bites off $1M on Thursday; Lion King debuts in China to $13.4M

Posted 7 years ago

This weekend audiences will once again flock to movies like SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME and TOY STORY 4, but that doesn’t mean the new movie CRAWL won’t take a bite out of the box office either. The alligator-centric horror movie...

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