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John Oliver has joined the cast of Jon Favreau's live-action Lion King movie as Zazu.

Oliver is joining a voice cast that includes Donald Glover (Simba) and James Earl Jones (Mufasa), as well as Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner who will voice Pumbaa and Timon, respectively.

Jeff Nathanson (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) wrote the script for the live-action adaptation, which is being produced by Favreau and Jeffrey Silver.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lion-king-john-oliver-voice-zazu-live-action-movie-1019837

Didnt see a thread for this yet

 

[tuxfool]

live-action?

CGI you mean.

 

[Theonik]

How do you do a live action film of a talking animal cast? If you will do everything in effects and record separately it sounds like an animated feature?
E Moreover I like John Oliver and all but he's no Rowan Atkinson. This movie sounds like a terrible idea.

 

[Kinyou]

This is a big nose thing, isn't it?

 

[Einchy]

They're picking some pretty wild, but really fitting, voices for the new cast.

 

[Snaku]

This movie sounds like a terrible idea.

Didn't stop live action Beauty and the Beast from happening.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

I really wish they'd stop calling this movie a Live action Lion King. If it's anything like Jungle Book it means it'll be 100% CGI. JB at least had Mowgli but everything else besides him was CG. Not a luxury they'll have for LK.

Stop calling it live action.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Full faith in this. Disney has done a great job with these live action remakes so far overall.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Can't think of better pick for Zazu.

 

[Einchy]

This movie sounds like a terrible idea.

Jungle Book was great, I have no doubt Jon Favreau will deliver again.

 

[J_Viper]

Jeff Nathanson (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)

a-haha

 

[Sanjuro]

It's like Deborah from accounting getting too into her cartoon character voices. "Yes, Deborah we know it's you and you can do silly voices. Come on, Deborah. Please stop, Deborah! DEBORAH NO!"

 

[Sanjuro]

Can't think of better pick for Zazu.

Daniel Craig.

 

[btrboyev]

Why the fuck can't they just use the same actors? I mean every single one of them is alive and well.

 

[johancruijff]

who's doing rafiki? and scar?

also why we need every disney classic in cgi/"live action" again?

 

[Mivey]

live-action?

CGI you mean.

Maybe they are filming real lions, and putting a dub on it. Maybe you could film them yawn and edit it, to make it look they are speaking.

 

[teiresias]

How do you do a live action film of a talking animal cast?

Just like they did the remake of "The Jungle Book"? The movie really needs that level of animal CGI, but this has the added production bonus of not even needing to worry about mixing in a live-action actor at all.

I do find it odd that in both this and Beauty and the Beast they find it necessary to recast what was only voice talent (though obviously Jonathan Taylor Thomas has gone through puberty since then).

 

[Sanjuro]

who's doing rafiki? and scar?

also why we need every disney classic in cgi/"live action" again?

Forest Whitaker & Michael Keaton.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Why the fuck can't they just use the same actors? I mean every single one of them is alive and well.

They brought back James Earl Jones as Mufasa.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Works for me..

 

[Alex_Mexico]

who's doing rafiki? and scar?

also why we need every disney classic in cgi/"live action" again?

Well Beauty and the Beast just gave Disney shareholders 1.2 billion reasons why they should continue making them.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

No, Mr. Bean deserves it.

 

[Plinko]

Can't think of better pick for Zazu.

Rowan Atkinson, the original. The guy sounds exactly the same. Ridiculous they didn't go with him again.

 

[shira]

Can't think of better pick for Zazu.

Geoff Hoyle
Rowan Atkinson

 

[rtcn63]

I'm just picturing Oliver saying "Zazu"

 

[Sanjuro]

I'm just picturing Oliver saying "Zazu"

 

[Noctilum]

I wish they would just use the original voice tracks and convert the movie over from drawn animation to CGI.

 

[Calamari41]

Billy Eichner? I absolutely loathed him in Parks and Rec, is there something else I should watch in order to gain some faith in that choice for Timon?

 

[GitarooMan]

I never understand the idea that these remakes should use the same voices. The original movie already exists. It's OK for this be different, in fact that's what makes it interesting at all.

 

[iMax]

How do you do a live action film of a talking animal cast?

 

[teiresias]

Rowan Atkinson, the original. The guy sounds exactly the same. Ridiculous they didn't go with him again.

I mean, it's obvious that for these remakes they're banking on more recognizable cast members than they tend to in their actual regular animated fare.

 

[Robdraggoo]

It's like Deborah from accounting getting too into her cartoon character voices. "Yes, Deborah we know it's you and you can do silly voices. Come on, Deborah. Please stop, Deborah! DEBORAH NO!"

I see what you did there lol

 

[johancruijff]

Well Beauty and the Beast just gave Disney shareholders 1.2 billion reasons why they should continue making them.

Shareholders to voice the hyenas

 

[rtcn63]

This isn't how I remember Eureeka's Castle

 

[shira]

I mean, it's obvious that for these remakes their banking on more recognizable cast members than they tend to in their actual regular animated fare.

You think John Oliver's show makes him a bigger worldwide star than Mr. Bean?

Everyone knows Mr. Bean

 

[lightskintwin]

Forest Whitaker & Michael Keaton.

I can see them going the Broadway route and making Rafiki a woman.

I never understand the idea that these remakes should use the same voices. The original movie already exists. It's OK for this be different, in fact that's what makes it interesting at all.

This too. They should've cast somebody different as Mufasa.

 

[teiresias]

You think John Oliver's show makes him a bigger worldwide star than Mr. Bean?

Everyone knows Mr. Bean

I think you'd be disappointed if you took a poll concerning modern audiences and Mr. Bean (or at the very least that anyone realized it was him in the original).

 

[iMax]

Such a shame that Rowan Atkinson's incredible filmography is distilled by many to just "Mr. Bean."

 

[Sanjuro]

Such a shame that Rowan Atkinson's incredible filmography is distilled by many to just "Mr. Bean."

I mean, it's what he is best known for.

 

[lightskintwin]

Such a shame that Rowan Atkinson's incredible filmography is distilled by many to just "Mr. Bean."

Now you now how Alec Guinness felt and his annoyance of only being known as Obi Wan Kenobi.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

You think John Oliver's show makes him a bigger worldwide star than Mr. Bean?

Everyone knows Mr. Bean

Let's settle this with a worldwide poll of people who can name something Rowan Atkinson has done in the last 15 years besides the London Olympic opening ceremony and making funny faces at F1.

 

[Dali]

who's doing rafiki? and scar?

also why we need every disney classic in cgi/"live action" again?

Scar has to be Idris Elba. His voice fits perfectly.

 

[Plinko]

Let's settle this with a worldwide poll of people who can name something Rowan Atkinson has done in the last 15 years besides the London Olympic opening ceremony and making funny faces at F1.

And let's see if we can find people who know something John Oliver has done other than fake yell at fake people and drop unnecessary f-bombs to try and get the audience to laugh after his joke bombs.

 

[caliph95]

Fitting for for bird faced bastard asss kisser

Spoiler

Doing a shit joke similar to the Oliver's ones about himself not insulting him

 

[mclem]

After his appearance in The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, this looks like another Vanity project.

 

[Slightly Live]

John Oliver is great, but not an actor. Ronan Atkinson was a tier above in the role. Pity they are going down the shitty celebrity voice route for some of the this film's roles. The original cast were exceptional.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Disney doesn't hire the best actors but still pulls down a bil for BatB and break records with JB. I trust the process at this point.

 

[TAJ]

It's funny that the voice actor they kept is the one whose voice has aged horribly.

 

[Rydeen]

Scar has to be Idris Elba. His voice fits perfectly.

They already used Idris Elba for Shere Khan in The Jungle Book remake, I doubt they'd have him play another big CG cat antagonist.

 

[TrueBlue]

Jeremy Irons has to be Scar. Has to be.