Donald Glover & James Earl Jones are "The Lion King" Live-action remake's Simba and Mufasa

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Director Jon Favreau announced the news on Twitter.

Donald Glover is going to be king.

The star has been cast in Disney's remake of The Lion King as Simba, with director Jon Favreau announcing the news on Twitter. Favreau also revealed James Earl Jones will reprise his role as Mufasa, the beloved father character he voiced in the 1994 animated original.

Favreau first met Glover atThe Hollywood Reporter's conversation on creativity in December, where Favreau told Glover his son is a fan of the star's music, which he performs under the name Childish Gambino. ("By the way, full disclosure: I see your face every day when I wake up my 15-year-old son because on his door is a portrait of you," Favreau told the actor-musician.)

Favreau brought The Jungle Book to life last year, and though The Lion King won’t be live-action, it will look it. Favreau has plans to build upon his work on Jungle Book, which featured a human child actor and brought a jungle and its animals to life using cutting-edge technology and green screen.

Jeff Nathanson, a Steven Spielberg favorite, is writing the take on the animated classic, which is considered one of the pinnacles of Disney’s animated movies. In the original film, Jonathan Taylor Thomas voiced young Simba, while Matthew Broderick voiced the adult version of the character.

In addition to Simba, Glover is taking on another iconic role, playing Lando Calrissian in the young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff, which is currently filming. Jones, well known as a Star Wars veteran, reprised his voice work as Darth Vader in December's Star Wars: A Rogue One Story.

 

[Mortal1]

welp I'm going to see it now

 

[Deltron]

Glad they got the OG back to reprise his role

 

[Red Shield]

a billion bare mininum

 

[jdubnyce]

there Day 1, day 2, and most likely Day 3

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Goddamn.

Donald is allergic to losing.

The nikka became Lando and Simba inside a six month span, but not before writing and starring in arguably the best show on TV last year.

Salute that brother.

 

[CEITEDMOFO]

C Gambino grinding like a motherfukker!!!!

im glad for breh.

 

[Bigbigguy]

Donald Glover is getting all the roles

 

[David_TheMan]

He is a better fit for soft ass simba than Lando

 

[HipHopStan]

JEJ just recently reprised Mufasa on that Lion King tv show that Disney has:



Then, of course, they never brought him back.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

It is time.

 

[jwinfield]

there Day 1, day 2, and most likely Day 3

I was 6 when this came out. Saw it 6 times at the show.

This dude Donald

Childish, Ern, Lando and Simba within a year

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

Am i the only one whose disgusted by this? that shyt is a fukking classic leave it alone. Thats like remaking Thriller, repainting another Mona Lisa, or making another Godfather. fukk; Hollywood has become sooooo stale and they are afraid of taking risks. No wonder television is superior, no writers with talent will go to that cesspool of no creativity.

 

[jwinfield]

Am i the only one whose disgusted by this? that shyt is a fukking classic leave it alone. Thats like remaking Thriller, repainting another Mona Lisa, or making another Godfather. fukk; Hollywood has become sooooo stale and they are afraid of taking risks. No wonder television is superior, no writers with talent will go to that cesspool of no creativity.

Haven't seen it, but the live action Jungle Book got great review and made almost a billy

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

Haven't seen it, but the live action Jungle Book got great review and made almost a billy

I'm not arguing about the commercial validity of the movie, I'm sure it will make a lot, but rather how uninspired the whole of Hollywood is. Idk breh but for like 2-3 years now I barely go to the movies, everything is so safe and uninteresting like wtf happened? artists are supposed to be in charge but now there are only business men.