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Variety: Role of Nala in "Live-Action" (LOL) Lion King is Beyonce's if she wants it.
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civilstrife
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You're not wrong.
KraftyKrankins
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Did you see The Jungle Book? It'll be the same. (Mostly) Real backgrounds with CG talking animals in them. It's the same person behind both movies so at least that'll work for sure.
Bornstellar
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The backgrounds​ were mostly CG actually.
http://www.slashfilm.com/the-jungle-book-images-vfx/
Bobby Roberts
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Yeah. Everyone's calling it a "live-action" remake but since all the characters are talking animals, and there are no humans in it (unless they're adding some and we don't know about it) the phrase "live-action" is a misnomer, because it's just going to be a highly photorealistic computer animated movie.
Which means the term "live-action" is more or less meaningless now.
Hence the quotes and the LOL in my title.
And we shall call him... the LORE EXPERT
Which means the term "live-action" is more or less meaningless now.
Hence the quotes and the LOL in my title.
And we shall call him... the LORE EXPERT
Mushroomer25
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As much as I love Donald Glover, I have to agree that the big name celebrities are a distraction for these kind of films. Jungle Book was an adventure in "Wait, WHOSE voice is that?" that distracted me for most of the film. Not to mention several of the performances (like ScarJo's Kaa) fell pretty flat.
KraftyKrankins
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Christ. I take my hate about it winning the VFX Oscar then.
BudokaiMR2
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Yeah. Everyone's calling it a "live-action" remake but since all the characters are talking animals, and there are no humans in it (unless they're adding some and we don't know about it) the phrase "live-action" is a misnomer, because it's just going to be a highly photorealistic computer animated movie.
Which means the term "live-action" is more or less meaningless now.
Hence the quotes and the LOL in my title.
And we shall call him... the LORE EXPERT
That honestly had me so confused in this thread. Why is anyone at all referring to it as live action? Just because the CG will be photo-realistic and not in a cartoon style?
HomerSimpson-Man
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James Earl Jones is returning as Mufasa?
Sold.
Sold.
Bobby Roberts
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That's exactly it, yeah.
After about a decade straight of most modern blockbusters containing a large amount of computer generated imagery, with a pretty large chunk of many viewers' favorite action scenes being nothing but computer generated animation in those live action movies, then progressing to these live action remakes of Disney movies, and then those live action remakes progressing to "The Jungle Book," Which is something like 75-80% computer animated yet still considered "live action," - you wind up in a place where so much of what people consider as "live action" is wholly created in a computer that "live action" becomes a synonym for "photorealistic" more than anything.
Angelus Errare
Banned
What?
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
This gave me a good laughAnd we shall call him... the LORE EXPERT
chronos4590
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If they let her sing Shadowlands then sure I'm down
In the new paradigm, if they actually shoot things with cameras, it's live action.
In this case, you'll be getting live action trees and grass.
ZeroCypher
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No white-washing? Is this truly Hollywood? /s
Can you white wash a lion?
Well Rafiki was female in the Lion King musical so...not totally out of the question
hodayathink
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I'm sure someone somewhere has tried.
Rastafarian42
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whew I hope she takes it
You're basically begging someone to post a picture of kimba the white lion, aren't you?
Anatomically accurate 20 minute sex scene and an R rating.
Rumblebones
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KraftyKrankins
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hydragonwarrior
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Scarjo could pull off Nala imo
If James Earl Jones is returned my I don't see why they wouldn't approach him for scar and Rowan Atkinson for Zazu.
Discotheque
Banned
the all black cast so far is dope. but I still really hope they bring back Jeremy Irons as Scar. GOAT Disney Villain voice. Best voice alive too tbh.
it won't feel right hearing the OG Mufasa interact with a fraud.
it won't feel right hearing the OG Mufasa interact with a fraud.
Glass Rebel
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Call me when they cast The New Day as the hyenas.
They're gonna get Migos.
DrunkShogun
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The real question who is playing scar. Going to be hard to replace Jeremy irons and they're going to go down the British path.
lightskintwin
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As others have already noted, Idris Elba.
No they fuck for under 10 seconds but they can take liberties after all I don't think elephants and deer swear fealty to lions but I could be getting my history mixed up.Lions fuck for 20 minutes straight?
IdreamofHIME
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Yes you can
Beaten like Kimba was sales-wise
Such an outrageous rippoff, Japan should be ashamed.
/s
Spikematic
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Jeremy Irons needs to return as Scar. My favorite Disney villain to date.
Inferno313
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Definitely wouldn't say no to Idris, he's incredible, but he just played Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, which is from the same creative team. They might, and he might, think that those two roles are too similar to do back-to-back.
Beyoncé has just the right tone and voice to sing the Nala parts effortlessly.
Inferno313
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Jungle Book is far-and-away the best "live-action" Disney remake, though.
No you won't. The environments were all CG in The Jungle Book, and I'm assuming The Lion King will follow suit. The movie will be 100% CGI.
Inferno313
Banned
Mogli was essentially the only live-action component of The Jungle Book, and this is the same creative team.
The Jungle Book is easily Favreau's best movie, I really enjoyed it. But then again I have no love for the original. The only bit of stunt casting in TJB that bothered me was Christopher Walken.
Bobby Roberts
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Call me when they cast The New Day as the hyenas.
Didn't know I wanted this til you let me know that I really wanted this.
The Artisan
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i wish they got the weeknd to play simba
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