Thanks to the success of the recent versions of Cinderella, The Jungle Book and more, The Lion King is one of the latest re-tellings Disney has lined up for their classic animated movies.
Along with Jon Favreau directing, The Lion King is being written by Jeff Nathanson, who also penned Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Aside from the castings, no specific details for The Lion King remake have been revealed other than it will contain songs from its animated predecessor.
However, like The Jungle Book (which Jon Favreau also directed), the remake will not be live action in the literal sense, as CGI will be used to create the environments and animals, and there aren’t any human characters showing up.