Beyoncé officially joins the 'Lion King' blockbuster

Nov 2, 2017

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Beyoncé officially joins the 'Lion King' blockbuster.

On his personal Facebook page, Beyoncé shares the cast of the live-action project, The Lion King. Accordingly, she will play the role of Nala in the film directed by Jon Favreau. Therefore, Beyoncé officially joins the 'Lion King' blockbuster.

Beyoncé taking a lead role as Nala in the 2019 “live-action” release, and many people have asked when will the Lion King come out? What's new in content?

The highly anticipated version will be released on July 19, 2019. The Lion King will be directed by Jon Favreau with motion-capture technology like The Jungle Book by himself. The Jungle Boy's live-action version premiered in early summer of 2016 and later grossed $ 966.6 million, and won the Oscars for Best Cinematography.

Chiwetel Ejifor is an amateur of 12 Years a Slave (2013) - is played as the savage Scar. Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen turn to Timon - Pumbaa for a fun duet. And comedian Keegan-Michael Key is responsible for showing Kamari hyenas.

Beside Beyoncé, the staging of the Lion King Project brings together a number of notable names. In it, Donald Glover is the protagonist of Simba. James Earl Jones returns to portray Simpson's father, Mufasa, as in the animated version of 1994. Eric Andre, Florence Kasumba and Keegan Michael-Key will voice the hyenas Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari, with John Oliver as the hornbill Zazu.

Scar, Mufasa's brother and the heir to the throne previously had their own plans. The battle for Pride Rock is devastated with betrayal, tragedy and drama, eventually leading to Simba's exile.

The Lion King script by Jeff Nathanson based on the content of the 1994 animated film of the same name. Director Jon Favreau said that to work with a team of talents and transform a classic In movie history as The Lion King is a dream for every filmmaker.

More infor about The Lion King:

The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film, and the fifth animated film produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance.

The Lion King was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. Its original songs were written by composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice, and original scores were written by Hans Zimmer.

The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings. The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A CGI live-action remake of the film directed by Jon Favreau is scheduled for a July 19, 2019 release in the United States.