Earlier this month The Lion King topped the live-action Beauty and the Beast and animated smash hit Frozen to become Walt Disney Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever (and the biggest animated release of all time, despite Disney itself pushing it as live-action), and now the Jon Favreau-directed remake has become only the ninth movie ever to […]
Exclusive Interview – The Lion King cinematographer Caleb Deschanel gives behind-the-scenes look at bringing Disney classic to life
Justin Cook chats with The Lion King cinematographer Caleb Deschanel… When it comes to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel’s filmography, he’s shot a little bit of everything. Throughout his four-and-a-half decade-long career, he’s ventured into the worlds of fantasy and adventure with National Treasure and The Spiderwick Chronicles to adult-focused indie movies like Killer Joe and Never […]
Disney announces Aladdin and The Lion King video game HD remasters
In a year which has seen both animated classics remade for the big screen (and grossing over a billion dollars apiece in the process), Disney is looking to add a little more nostalgia with the upcoming release of Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King. The package will include HD remasters of the classic […]
Avengers: Endgame and the Biggest Event Movies of All-Time
EJ Moreno on the biggest event movies ever… Join our host EJ Moreno as he dives into the most significant movie events in cinema history! In this video, he’ll talk about what it takes for a film to become an event, and which franchises made an impact with fans. The only rule here is there […]
The Lion King tops Beauty and the Beast and Frozen to become Walt Disney Pictures’ highest-grossing movie
Another weekend, another box office record for entertainment titan The Walt Disney Company, with Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King pushing its worldwide box office haul to $1.334 billion, making it the highest grossing release from the conglomerate’s Walt Disney Pictures division. Disney’s previous biggest live-action release was Beauty and the Beast with $1.263 […]
Jon Favreau reveals the advice George Lucas gave him for The Mandalorian
Having voiced the characters of Pre Vizsla in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rio Durant in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jon Favreau returns to the galaxy far, far away this year, albeit behind the camera, as the creator and showrunner of Star Wars’ first live-action TV series The Mandalorian. During an interview with […]
Disney’s The Lion King passes $1 billion at the global box office
Director Jon Favreau’s The Lion King has become the fourth Disney-released movie to pass $1 billion at the global box office, reaching the milestone in less than three weeks. By today (Wednesday) The Lion King has grossed $361 million domestically, with a further $639 million from international markets. It joins Captain Marvel ($1.128 billion), Avengers: […]
The Lion King helps Disney to new yearly global box office record (with five months still to go)
It seems there’s not a week goes by that Disney isn’t celebrating some box office milestone or another. Last weekend, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame dethroned Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time, Aladdin hit the magical $1 billion dollar mark a few days later, and now another massive weekend for The Lion King has seen […]
Disney’s The Lion King dominates the box office, pushes global haul to $531 million
Avengers: Endgame topping Avatar to become the biggest film in history wasn’t the only cause for celebration at Disney this weekend, as director Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King dominated the box office, scoring the biggest ever July opening – a title previously held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Domestically, […]
Ranking Hans Zimmer’s 17 greatest scores (that aren’t Batman or Pirates of the Caribbean)
Composer Hans Zimmer revisits Oscar-winning territory with his score for Disney’s remake of The Lion King. In celebration, here are Zimmer’s 17 greatest film works presented and ranked – with a few notable omissions… In 1994, Disney released one of the jewels of their renaissance period: The Lion King. This anthropomorphised take on Hamlet, playing […]
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