Last month it was announced that The Jungle Book helmer Jon Favreau has signed on to direct a live-action (well, CG) remake of The Lion King, and now Disney has found itself a screenwriter for the project.
According to Variety, Jeff Nathanson will write the remake of the 1994 animated classic, having recently penned the script for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. His other previous scripts include the likes of Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal.
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Originally published October 15, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
