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"Lion King" remake stars from Beyoncé to John Oliver appear beside their characters: https://t.co/hO0WL5AwrX pic.twitter.com/IrdwYLlhDB
— ABC News (@ABC) July 3, 2019
Why is the Lion King promotion so serious and dramatic lol. Of course Beyonce is in the middle of the pic, the BeeHive would murder if she wasn’t ! The cast is spot on I think…a lot of talent.
Is Disney doing a “NEW VERSION” of the Lion King? It’s one of my favorites. I saw it on Broadway and it was amazing. What I don’t understand is why is this promotion so focused on Beyonce. Nala is important to the movie. More so as the young Nala. But I don’t know why the focus is on Beyonce and not SIMBA.. SIMBA.. SIMBA.. who he is star of The Lion King. All this is making me not want to see it. Saw Shahadi Wright Joseph doing an interview. She is fabulous. I want more of her and the young man playing Simba. Why the focus on the adults and not the younger cast? I want more about the other cast. Too much focus on Beyonce (who I do like) but this is overkill. They are turning one of my favorites about one person. STOP
Mmm, maybe because she’s a global superstar who will put a tremendous number of asses in seats? I don’t know why people act brand new about it?
Her being a “global star” doesn’t mean her role is more important than the other cast. The role of Nala is not that big in the LK when you really look at it.
Wrong spot
I know. It’s pathetic. There is a huge and wonderful cast.
I thought the exact same thing. No one cares about Nala. Nala is not anybody’s favorite character. Nala is an afterthought. Stop making it all about Beyonce, there are so many talented and famous actors/singers in this!
And let’s give credit where it’s due to Donald Glover! He’s been killing it lately, with Atlanta and Childish Gambino and just being all around awesome. And he’s the lead in this!
He’s Simba… The main STAR of the Lion King.. he and JD McCrary young Simba and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Scar). That’s the movie I want to see.
OH and bow down to James Earl Jones as Mufasa… The rest of this cast is WOW
I have less than zero desire to see this Lion King movie.
Same. It looks visually amazing and the cast is outstanding, but I just can’t hop on board yet another Disney remake of a movie I’ve seen 100 times.
I felt this way about the new beauty and the beast. I’ve watched the original at least 100 times, I can sing and quote the whole movie. Watching the remake was OK. There was only a little that was new. I mean, you want it to stay true to the original but when it’s a play by play, only live, it ended up not being as interesting as I’d hoped.
Honestly I feel this way about all these remakes. Just uninteresting 🤷🏽♀️
I’ll be shocked if it flops. It’s gonna be huge.
She looks RIDICULOUS posed like that. 🙂 🙂 I am dyin’ over here. LOL
My eyes focused right on cutie Donald Glover first. I don’t get the hype about Beyoncé in general.
Beautiful cast except Seth rogen.
I know I’m in the minority but anything that has to do with Beyoncé and acting makes me cringe.
amen
Oh yeah. She can sing beautifully, and dance, but girl cannot act. I would think she’d have an easier time with voice acting though.
Same.
All I hear is her accent in the trailer.
Prince Harry plays the Warthog??
These photos are just weird, like Batman’s funeral.
I’m dead. This is a spot on, hilarious assessment.
She is the biggest star of the group, it makes sense they put her in the middle for this photo.
Also this is the only photo I’ve seen of the cast, all of the other ads were the characters.
Jeremy Irons will forever be Scar. And as much as I love Jon Oliver why not Rowan Atkinson? Why change the iconic voices? I’ll throw Nathan Lane in there too. Why? They kept J.E.J. They could have brought back the rest. And I agree with above, Nala is an afterthought.
If anyone is interested, there’s a great documentary available on Netflix about the African man who originally wrote and recorded the song now known as “Awimawe” or “In the Jungle.” It tells what the word is *supposed* to be and how the song was released by Pete Seeger and many many singers afterward up to the Lion King. And how the original singer-musician’s family has never been properly compensated!!!
I love Beyoncé but no. This whole movie promotional has been about her which is undermining the work of the other cast members and the significance of The Lion King. TLK was HUGE when I was a kid—it was the pinnacle of the Disney Renaissance but all that seems muffled under the noise of Beyoncé playing a tertiary character who’s not even significant to the story. They got James Earl Jones back—he is an icon with an incredible voice. He should be getting the front and center here.
Yes please watch the Netflix doc on the song and see how Disney has a role in this.
Beyonce is not a good actress so I doubt she’ll deliver a solid performance. I feel sorry for the critics- if they knock her the Beyhive will be after them.