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The Lion King is a 2019 American musical drama film directed by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. It is a photorealistic animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film The Lion King. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor ...
- $1.663 billion
- Jon Favreau, Jeffrey Silver, Karen Gilchrist
- $250–260 million
- Hans Zimmer
- Donald Glover as Simba
- James Earl Jones as Mufasa
- Beyoncé Carter-Knowles as Nala
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar
- Alfre Woodard as Sarabi
- JD Mccray as Young Simba
- Shahadi Wright Joseph as Young Nala
Played By Matthew Broderick In The Lion King
Donald Glover plays Simba in The Lion King 2019 cast, the young lion cub who eventually grows to be king. Glover's career continues to rise at an astonishing rate, including creating Atlanta and how he has turned his alter-ego Childish Gambino into one of the biggest voices in music. As an actor, he's starred as Troy in Community, Miles Morales in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and played a young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story. His...
Played By James Earl Jones In The Lion King
Voiced by the incomparable James Earl Jones, Mufasa seems like he really couldn't be played by anyone else. As such, Jones is the only original cast member to reprise his role in The Lion King remake. Jones is a well-respected actor but is, of course, best known as the voice of Darth Vader in theStar Wars franchise, a role he has reprised multiple times since the original trilogy. In addition, Jones has appeared in The Hunt For Red October as Admiral Greer and played King Jaffe Joffer in Comi...
Played By Moira Kelly In The Lion King
Beyoncé was Jon Favreau's top pick for the role of Nala in The Lion King 2019 cast, Simba's childhood friend and eventual love interest. While the role of adult Nala is not necessarily major, having Beyoncé voice her — as well as write songs for the movie — provided even more excitement for the remake. Beyoncé would go on to draw on The Lion King as inspiration for her later project Black is King. Undoubtedly one of the biggest musical superstars of all time, Beyoncé has sold over 100 millio...
Played By Jeremy Irons In The Lion King
Scar is one of the evilest Disney villains of all time which set high expectations for how the remake would handle the character. Scar is brought to life by Chiwetel Ejiofor, a British actor best known for his performance in 12 Years A Slave, and for playing Mordo in Doctor Strange. He reprised the role of Mordo for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and has also appeared in the television series A Man Who Fell to Earth and the film The Pod Generation. He will soon star in Venom 3, T...
Played By Madge Sinclair In The Lion King
Sarabi is the mother of Simba and is voiced by Alfre Woodard, in The Lion King 2019 cast. Woodard has appeared in (among others) Star Trek: First Contact, Desperate Housewives, 12 Years a Slave, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Luke Cage. Since starring in The Lion King, she has appeared in the television show See as Paris and The Porter as Fay. She had a role in the film Weathering as Serena and voices Mimi in Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. She will soon appear in the Stephen King...
Played By Jonathan Taylor Thomas In The Lion King
As fans of the animated original know, The Lion King shows Simba's life from the very beginning. When The Lion King opens, both Simba and Nala are young cubs and therefore different actors are needed to voice them. JD McCray plays Simba in The Lion King 2019 cast. At the time of filming, he was 12 years old, and starring in The Paynes on The Oprah Winfrey Network. He reprised his role as young Simba in 2020's Black is King, and starred as Brett in 13: the Musical. Young Simba is very much the...
Played By Niketa Calame-Harris In The Lion King
Shahadi Wright Joseph voices young Nala in The Lion King 2019 cast. She was 14 years old at the time of filming and best known for playing Zora Wilson/Umbrae in the Jordan Peele movie, Us. She also played Little Inez in the TV movie musical Hairspray Live! Since appearing in The Lion King, Joseph starred in the television series Them as Ruby Lee Emory. She also played the part of Yeleni in Come Find Me. Young Nala is roughly the same in The Lion King 2019 as she is in the original outside of...
- Colin Mccormick
Jul 19, 2019 · Runtime: 1h 58min. Release Date: July 19, 2019. Genre: Action, Adventure, Coming of Age, Drama, Family, Musical. Disney’s film journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival.
- Jon Favreau
- Donald Glover
- Donald Glover as Simba.
- Beyonce Knowles-Carter as Nala.
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar.
- Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon, and John Oliver as Zazu.
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Jul 19, 2019 · The The Lion King (2019) Cast. Simba voiced by Donald Glover and 34 others. Nala voiced by Beyonce Knowles and 35 others. Mufasa voiced by James Earl Jones and 25 others. Scar voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor and 26 others. Sarabi voiced by Alfre Woodard and 22 others. Zazu voiced by John Oliver and 23 others.
The Lion King is a 2019 American musical drama film directed by Jon Favreau and written by Jeff Nathanson. It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of the 1994 traditionally animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet. The film was released by Walt Disney Pictures on July 19, 2019.
