After scoring a few major achievements in the previous few years, The Walt Disney Company has bet everything on its animated remakes in 2019, delivering not one but rather three new versions of beloved classics.
Tim Burton’s Dumbo neglected to take off back in March with a disappointing film industry run that totaled out at just $348.1 million, while Aladdin fared better this end of the week yet doesn’t resemble it will achieve the highs of the likes of The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast.
Next up from the Mouse House is Jungle Book director Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King, and it would seem that it will be an instance of third time’s a charm with early film industry tracking proposing that Simba and company will appreciate an enormous local opening of between $180 million and $230 million.
This likely isn’t excessively astonishing, taking into account that The Lion King is a standout amongst Disney’s most loved movies, while its trailer back in November produced a huge 225 million views in its first 24 hours – the most for any Disney film.
Directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book), The Lion King highlights a voice cast that incorporates Donald Glover (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as Simba, Beyonce (Dreamgirls) as Nala, Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street) as Timon, Seth Rogen (Sausage Party) as Pumbaa, John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) as Zazu, Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange) as Scar, James Earl Jones (The Lion King) as Mufasa, Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage) as Sarabi, John Kani (Black Panther) as Rafiki, JD McCrary (Vital Signs) as Young Simba, Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live) as Young Nala, Eric André (Man Seeking Woman) as Azizi, Florence Kasumba (Black Panther) as Shenzi, Keegan-Michael Key (The Predator) as Kamari and Amy Sedaris (BoJack Horseman) as a new character.
Disney’s The Lion King is set for release on July 19th.