The first teaser trailer for Jon Favreau’s new Disney back catalogue CG revamp, The Lion King, arrived late last night. The Iron Man director and puppet master behind the first of Disney+’s live action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, previously made nearly a billion dollars for Disney with his 2016 remake of The Jungle Book. We’ll have to wait and see whether he strikes gold again here, but it seems extremely likely.
If you’ve not had chance to check out the Lion King teaser yet, we’ve got you covered…
Donald Glover is the older voice of Simba, while Beyonce is Nala. Rounding out the rest of the impressive voice cast are James Earl Jones (once again as Mufasa), Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Alfre Woodard as Sarabi and our own boy done good John Oliver as Zazu.
The Lion King is set to be released on 19th July, 2019.