If The Lion King is able to find the right balance, it could be an even bigger hit.
That doesn’t mean, however, that Jon Favreau will simply be recreating everything from the animated original.
While he talks about focusing on the film’s iconic moments, he also talks about where he has the latitude to change things.
Most of the negative criticism that Beauty and the Beast received was from sources that felt the live-action version played it too safe and didn’t do enough that was new with the material.