“Lion King” gets live-action remake from Disney and Jon FavreauSeptember 29, 2016 - 16:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney and director Jon Favreau are teaming up for "The Lion King (2018)" reimagining. The project reunites the Mouse House with Favreau following his movie "The Jungle Book" that successfully grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide, AceShowbiz said. The "Lion King" remake joins Disney's reboots on classic tales like "Maleficent", "Cinderella" and the upcoming "Beauty and the Beast (2017)". Like the new Belle saga, the revamped "Lion King" will include songs from the animated film. Disney and Favreau are also teaming up to work on a sequel to the Mowgli wild adventure. No release date has been announced for either film, but The Mouse House has booked August 3, 2018, and December 25, 2018 for two untitled films. The original "Lion King" was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. It became the highest-grossing animated film for 16 years until "Toy Story 3" broke the record in 2010. It won multiple gongs including Oscars and Grammys. It spawned a TV series, sequel and Broadway adaptation. It was re-released in 3D in 2011. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |