After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 21 wins & 44 nominations total
Donald Glover
- Simba
- (voice)
Seth Rogen
- Pumbaa
- (voice)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Scar
- (voice)
John Oliver
- Zazu
- (voice)
James Earl Jones
- Mufasa
- (voice)
Alfre Woodard
- Sarabi
- (voice)
JD McCrary
- Young Simba
- (voice)
Penny Johnson Jerald
- Sarafina
- (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key
- Kamari
- (voice)
Eric André
- Azizi
- (voice)
Florence Kasumba
- Shenzi
- (voice)
Billy Eichner
- Timon
- (voice)
Amy Sedaris
- Guinea Fowl
- (voice)
Chance the Rapper
- Bush Baby
- (voice)
- (as Chance Bennett)
Josh McCrary
- Elephant Shrew
- (voice)
How 'The Lion King' Cast Put a Twist on Their Characters
How 'The Lion King' Cast Put a Twist on Their Characters
Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, director Jon Favreau, and more of his Lion King cast discuss how their portrayals of cherished characters still break new creative ground.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJon Favreau revealed in an interview that he brought James Earl Jones back as the voice of Mufasa because: "I see it as carrying the legacy across. Just hearing him say the lines is really moving and surreal, the timbre of his voice has changed. That served the role well because he sounds like a king who's ruled for a long time."
- GoofsScar's cover-up of his murder of Mufasa leaves a gaping hole: he sends Zazu to get the pride for help, and after the stampede, claims to the pride that he didn't reach the gorge in time to help Simba and Mufasa. Zazu is implied to have been exiled from the pride after Scar's take-over (given how the hyenas regularly try to eat him when he shows up), but considering Zazu still clearly regularly visited Pride Rock to relay information, it's a wonder how Scar's lie about not being able to make it to the gorge didn't get exposed by Zazu.
- Crazy creditsThe Disney logo has a hand-drawn animated design and resembles the 1960s Disney logo, the same design used in Jon Favreau's previous Disney film The Jungle Book (2016).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Good Morning Britain: Episode dated 23 November 2018 (2018)
- SoundtracksNants' Ingonyama
Written by Lebo M. (as Lebohang Morake) and Hans Zimmer
Performed by Lebo M.
Courtesy of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Featured review
This is by far and away one of my top movies of all time and definitely a movie that I can say the lines pretty much the whole way through.
After thinking about "what I was disappointed with", I would say the following:
1. The broadway voices of Nathan lane, Ernie sambella and Jeremy irons really added that punch to the characters that you "don't know that you're missing till it's gone". Here I feel these characters fall flat with the "less projecting voices" and it was very noticeable. Seth Rogan was the best, but still, the missing "broadway aspect" these voices carried made the movie fall flat where it just could have been cast better???
2. So many of the little humorous exchanges with the hyenas and with rafiki were taken away. Part of the magic of the lion king was in the humor which was lost in this film. They did try and compensate a little, but I feel the laughter was just not there. Whoopi goldberg and cheech Marin were comedians, why was this not explored more to bring new comedians in for the hyenas roles?
Without the booming voices and humour, you realize that the movie is lacklustre where you are left with the story and the cinematography only. The cinematography is fantastic and I know this is a super hard movie to live up to the original, but I feel a lot of the magic that make this movie "a whole package" was just not there.
Did not feel the same about Aladdin remake - another movie that was with huge shoes to fill (duh, robin williams) and the Aladdin remake was absolutely fantastic.
After thinking about "what I was disappointed with", I would say the following:
1. The broadway voices of Nathan lane, Ernie sambella and Jeremy irons really added that punch to the characters that you "don't know that you're missing till it's gone". Here I feel these characters fall flat with the "less projecting voices" and it was very noticeable. Seth Rogan was the best, but still, the missing "broadway aspect" these voices carried made the movie fall flat where it just could have been cast better???
2. So many of the little humorous exchanges with the hyenas and with rafiki were taken away. Part of the magic of the lion king was in the humor which was lost in this film. They did try and compensate a little, but I feel the laughter was just not there. Whoopi goldberg and cheech Marin were comedians, why was this not explored more to bring new comedians in for the hyenas roles?
Without the booming voices and humour, you realize that the movie is lacklustre where you are left with the story and the cinematography only. The cinematography is fantastic and I know this is a super hard movie to live up to the original, but I feel a lot of the magic that make this movie "a whole package" was just not there.
Did not feel the same about Aladdin remake - another movie that was with huge shoes to fill (duh, robin williams) and the Aladdin remake was absolutely fantastic.
- daniellepwilks
- Jul 18, 2019
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- Official sites
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- Also known as
- El rey león
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $260,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $543,638,043
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $191,770,759
- Jul 21, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $1,662,020,819
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.90:1
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