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You'll love who's playing Simba in The Lion King remake

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Photo credit: Disney

From Digital Spy

Director Jon Favreau has announced that Community actor and Childish Gambino rapper Donald Glover will be playing the role of Simba in the upcoming remake of The Lion King.

It has also been revealed that James Earl Jones will be returning to his role as Mufasa, the ill-fated fatherly figure that he played in the 1994 original.

The Hollywood Reporterwrites that Favreau first met Glover back in December, when he informed Glover that he was aware of his work because his son listens to the rapper's music.

Favreau brought live-action remake of The Jungle Book to cinema screens last year - and it was a big success for Disney, grossing $965.8 million worldwide and gaining rave reviews.

The Lion King could be happening sooner than we thought, taking precedence over The Jungle Book 2, if news from December is anything to go by.

Photo credit: Disney
Photo credit: Disney

Talking to CinemaBlend, Robert Legato, Jon's visual effects supervisor on The Jungle Book, confirmed they'll be working together on The Lion King.

"Yeah, actually, I am. ... It's the very next one [we're doing]," he said.

"We've already started the plans, and all of the various things, and the updates to the various ways that we filmed The Jungle Book, to add to and extend the art form a little bit more in Lion King, which is going to be another live-action-looking movie."


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