Nope. If you didn't like him in Parks & Rec, where he was hilarious, you likely won't find anything else you enjoy him in.
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John Oliver to Voice Zazu in Live-Action 'Lion King'
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Nope. If you didn't like him in Parks & Rec, where he was hilarious, you likely won't find anything else you enjoy him in.
Making money =/= An actually good film necessarily. I'm sure you know that though. This will still make bank so Disney don't give a fuck.
IdreamofHIME
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It's gonna be Loki or Sherlock. Disney keeping it in house.
WordAssassin
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Holy shit I don't think I've ever actually heard Mr Bean talk except for that goofy voice he used in Rat Race, so I had *NO* idea that he was the voice of Zazu. I never would have guessed that with all the time in the world.
Well, in this particular case, there's three things for using the same cast:
1) The movie will not actually be live action but animated, which means there's little reason to actually recast since it's not like they now have to get someone to BE Simba like they would have to get someone to BE Jafar. When you are actually making a cartoon into live action, your hands are tied with getting someone who looks the part VS getting the person who did the voice. Like, I don't think Gaston's voice looked anything like Gaston so obviously they would need to recast him for a live action adaptation. You don't have that issue with this movie.
2) I may be wrong about this but I'm pretty sure the entire voice cast of The Lion King is still alive so they *could* do it without needing to recast any role, if they wanted to.
3) The big one, they're using James Earl Jones, the original voice of Mufasa, as the new voice of Mufasa. So like they set the precedent by using an original actor from the original movie, and then went hard left with every other announcement after that. If they're going to recast everyone else they should also have recast Mufasa. It's going to be fuckin weird, for me at least, to have all these characters I've "known" for the past 20-something years have new voices except for Mufasa.
Well, in this particular case, there's three things for using the same cast:
1) The movie will not actually be live action but animated, which means there's little reason to actually recast since it's not like they now have to get someone to BE Simba like they would have to get someone to BE Jafar. When you are actually making a cartoon into live action, your hands are tied with getting someone who looks the part VS getting the person who did the voice. Like, I don't think Gaston's voice looked anything like Gaston so obviously they would need to recast him for a live action adaptation. You don't have that issue with this movie.
2) I may be wrong about this but I'm pretty sure the entire voice cast of The Lion King is still alive so they *could* do it without needing to recast any role, if they wanted to.
3) The big one, they're using James Earl Jones, the original voice of Mufasa, as the new voice of Mufasa. So like they set the precedent by using an original actor from the original movie, and then went hard left with every other announcement after that. If they're going to recast everyone else they should also have recast Mufasa. It's going to be fuckin weird, for me at least, to have all these characters I've "known" for the past 20-something years have new voices except for Mufasa.
Not sure why John Oliver gets this part. He's not an actor. Is this his attempt at breaking into movies?
I disagree. Jeremy Irons is perfect as Scar.
Idris Elba was a complete bore as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book. I would even say kinda crappy.
You know, I can see Cucumber getting it.
I disagree. Jeremy Irons is perfect as Scar.
Idris Elba was a complete bore as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book. I would even say kinda crappy.
You know, I can see Cucumber getting it.
Great choice
I dunno, he really sells this line
Not sure why John Oliver gets this part. He's not an actor. Is this his attempt at breaking into movies?
I dunno, he really sells this line
He's done VO work before, not a tremendous leap for him.Not sure why John Oliver gets this part. He's not an actor. Is this his attempt at breaking into movies?
I disagree. Jeremy Irons is perfect as Scar.
Idris Elba was a complete bore as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book. I would even say kinda crappy.
You know, I can see Cucumber getting it.
Not sure why John Oliver gets this part. He's not an actor. Is this his attempt at breaking into movies?
Uh, yes he is?
Being a good comedic actor is half of what makes a good corespondent on The Daily Show. And he was on Community for three years.
He's also done a lot of voice acting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oliver#Filmography
TheGreatDirector
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Chaos2Frozen
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I hope he breaks out into a monologue about how monarchy is an outdated and unfair means of government
Yoshimitsu126
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That's pretty cool! But then I remembered this live action movie will always have a CGI talking animal.
moffattron9000
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I look forward to the twenty minute diatribe on why racism and poor land management have led to the hyenas poor conditions.
I read the headline as "Jamie Oliver" and was baffled that they got a celebrity chef to voice Zazu. Then I read it again and it made sense.
I don't have anything against re-casting the voice actors for the film in particular. It's not a remake, it's an adaptation. Although keeping James Earl Jones does seem kind of odd.
I don't have anything against re-casting the voice actors for the film in particular. It's not a remake, it's an adaptation. Although keeping James Earl Jones does seem kind of odd.
HP_Wuvcraft
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They'll get Frank Welker.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Oh awesome, so we get something like Cats & Dogs with disinterested looking animals that all the CG in the world won't be able to hide or make them seem otherwise.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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It'll be exactly like Jungle Book without Mowgli, so 100% photo-real CGI. Same team even.
Albino_Yeti
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Blasphemy. James Earl Jones has one of the greatest voices ever.
Theonik
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To all people that say it will be CGI. Then what makes it live action and not an animated film?
Looks about right.
They gotta use those assets from the Jungle Book so this makes sense. Don't know why they would call it live-action if it doesn't have a single human and it's all CGI animals.
It's just as live-action as a Pixar movie, unless they film the background, in which case it's at best half live-action.
Anyway, John Oliver is fun...
It's just as live-action as a Pixar movie, unless they film the background, in which case it's at best half live-action.
Anyway, John Oliver is fun...
Having worked in 3 different kindergartens, not in the UK, in the last 7 years my experience is that 5-6 year olds are watching Mr. Bean and a looooot of it.
What
Jungle Book, I edited it. Did a bad translation from my native language there!
WordAssassin
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That's the whole point. It's stupid to call it a live action remake when it's all gonna be CGI. It's gonna be Jungle Book but without the single human actor. I mean at most I imagine they'd pull a Dinosaur with it and shoot real background with CG animals but that's so much extra work when they can just do the whole thing CG. It's really stupid that they're calling it a live action version but it'd likely going to look photo real so that's why.
Yes, Atkinson is far more well known
The Idris Elba big cat cinematic universe. Make him Rajah in Aladdin, Thomas O'Malley in Aristocats (and should've been the Mayor in Zootopia instead).
Monty Mole
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Outside of the UK perhaps. But he's equally fondly remembered as Blackadder here.
Well, he's the star of Maigret and that's been shown all over Europe.
But regardless, Rowan Atkinson/Mr Bean is far better known worldwide than John Oliver, who is only famous in the US. Even here in the UK (and I note this as he is British) his show is relegated to a late night slot on a subscription only channel, and has very few viewers. That said, nobody knew who he was in the UK before he became famous in the US. I think he'd appeared on a couple of episodes of Mock the Week and that's it.
sixteen-bit
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congrats on the gig
Triple Dash
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Can't wait to hear John singing "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts."
thecouncil
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"realistically animated"
could've just used the old audio tracks of rowan atkinson. hell, they could use the entire original movie's audio.
could've just used the old audio tracks of rowan atkinson. hell, they could use the entire original movie's audio.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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It's not live action and Disney has never referred to it as such. Official material simply labels it as a "reimagining".
lightskintwin
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I wasn't disputing James Earl Jones majestic voice as one of the greats. I was agreeing if they're doing a different take like they're doing with this version and casting different voice actors, then why would they keep only one of the original voice actors. Might as well cast somebody different in that role too, and completely separate anything connecting to the original animated classic that they know everybody is going to compare it too anyway.
Inferno313
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Because Mufasa's voice is easily the most iconic of any of the original cast.
"REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE..."
Flavour of the month, y'all. Corporate Suits ain't seeing Mr. Bean trends amongst their target age demographics.
Theonik
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I only read threads.
DrunkShogun
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Should have Gary oldman or Daniel day Lewis for scar. It's probably going to be Loki though.