Creators Of The Original Lion King Comment On Disney's CG-Action Remake

After the success of Beauty and the Beast this year, Disney is surer than ever in moving forward with their remakes of classic animated films. As of now Jungle Book director Jon Favreau is working on the CG-Action remake of The Lion King, and now we have an official comment on the movie from the original creators of the film.

In an interview with CinemaBlend, producer Don Hahn and co-director Rob Minkoff explained how they felt about The Lion King getting remade. Hahn explains:

"The honest answer is thrilling and terrifying. The thrilling part is to see Beauty and the Beast or Lion King turned into and reinvented and turned into the new version of the story is great. And that's what stories are for, stories are for telling. They're not for sitting on a shelf. So, to have them retold is great. The terrifying thing is, these are our children. And so it's sending your child off to school. But we're sending our child off to school with Jon Favreau and that's not a bad thing."

Minkoff then goes on to comment on how different the remake is going to look from the original. He says:

"The blues and yellows are unique to [our] film. If you went out and put a camera on Africa, it would look different. So, right away, the way it's gonna look–the new movie–is sort of influenced by you know, how reality looks. That said, they hired a fantastic DP for the project. It's gonna have a unique look. And the way they approach the characters is going to be very different. You know we have the drawn animation which is very specific to Disney and this kind-of very expressive face. But in the live action movie, obviously they are going to be ‘real' animals."

Though a lot of fans may think that a movie like The Lion King definitely doesn't need a remake, they can always have the original to watch despite the existence of this version. With some solid casting and top notch CGI, it looks like Jon Favreau's version of The Lion King will be another cinematic marvel when it comes out.

Favreau's The Lion King is slated for a release on July 19, 2019.

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