After rebooting classic tales like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast,it was only a matter of time before Disney decided to make a live-action film out of The Lion King. News of the reboot was announced in 2016, and now there's been an exciting casting update! Disney enlisted director Jon Favreau (who helmed final year's The Jungle Book), or on Friday,the director revealed that Donald Glover would be playing Simba.I just can't wait to be king. #Simba pic.twitter.com/wUYKixMBJIFebruary 18, 2017Additionally, or legendary James Earl Jones will play Mufasa!Looking forward to working with this legend. #Mufasa pic.twitter.com/1LszbWrcYTFebruary 18,2017According to the press release, "Disney and Favreau will build on the groundbreaking technology used in The Jungle Book to bring the story of Simba to photorealistic life." racy. Disney hasn't announced a release date, and so just now we can just concentrate on Beauty and the Beast - and all the other Disney movies getting reboots.
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