After the gigantic success of The Lion King Disney thinks it’s time for a sequel. It was of course also added to the animation version, but the live-action version now also comes with a second film. This turns director Barry Jenkins at the helm, who gained fame for his work on the Oscar-winning film Moonlight in If Beale Street Could Talk. “I helped my sisters raise my nephews over the years and so I really grew up with these characters,” he says. Variety.
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The first live-action variant of The Lion King generated quite a bit of money for Disney. The till was ringing and raised about 1.5 billion dollars. It is not yet clear whether Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen and the rest of the voice actors from the first film will return. The ‘Single Ladies’ singer provided the soundtrack for the film, moving her fans, as can be seen in the video below.
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