The Lion King and Related Topics

The Lion King (2019 film)

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2019 American musical drama film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment.

The Lion King cast at European Premiere in 2019

Beyoncé publisched The Lion King: The Gift, album inspired by the film

It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name.

Simba

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Fictional character and the protagonist of Disney's The Lion King franchise.

Matthew Broderick voiced the adult Simba

Introduced in the 1994 film The Lion King, Walt Disney Animation's 32nd animated feature, the character subsequently appears in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) and The Lion King 1½ (2004) as well as the 2019 remake of the original film.

Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)

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1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Upon seeing the initial storyboard reels in 1989, Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered that the film be scrapped and started over from scratch.

A frame from the "Beauty and the Beast" ballroom dance sequence. The background was animated using computer generated imagery which, when the traditionally animated characters are composited against it using Pixar's CAPS system, gives the illusion of a dollying film camera.

After the success of the 3D re-release of The Lion King, the film was reissued in 3D in 2012.

The Lion King (musical)

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The Lion King on Broadway showing originally at the New Amsterdam Theater (shown); it is now showing at the Minskoff.

First Lady Michelle Obama joins the cast of the U.S. touring company onstage after their performance at the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room of the White House

Hamburg, Germany: Theater im Hafen (since 2001), accessible by boat

The Lion King is a musical play based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated feature film of the same name with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, along with additional music and lyrics by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer.

The main characters in the 1994 film The Lion King. From left to right: Shenzi, Scar, Ed, Banzai, Rafiki, Mufasa, Simba, Sarabi, Zazu, Timon, and Pumbaa. Bottom right: Nala and Sarafina.

List of The Lion King (franchise) characters

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This article lists the characters appearing in Disney's The Lion King franchise.

Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick as adult Simba in the films, Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a cub in The Lion King, Matt Weinberg as a cub in The Lion King 1½, Cam Clarke in Timon & Pumbaa, Rob Lowe in The Lion Guard, Donald Glover in the 2019 film, JD McCrary as a cub in the 2019 film) is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, Scar's nephew, Nala's mate, and Kiara and Kion's father as well as Rani and Kovu's father-in-law.

Walt Disney Animation Studios

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American animation studio that creates animated features and short films for The Walt Disney Company.

The building on Kingswell Avenue in Los Feliz which was home to the studio from 1923 to 1926

Walt Disney introduces each of the Seven Dwarfs in a scene from the original 1937 Snow White theatrical trailer.

The original Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, the headquarters of the animation department from 1940 to 1985.

Roy E. Disney (Chairman, 1985–2003), nephew of Walt Disney, was a key figure in restructuring the animation department following the reorganization of the Disney company in 1984.

1400 Flower Street in Glendale, California, one of several buildings used by Walt Disney Feature Animation between 1985 and 1995.

1400 Air Way, another Glendale building used by Walt Disney Feature Animation between 1985 and 1995.

622/610 Circle 7 Drive (the Hart-Dannon Building), another Glendale building used by Walt Disney Feature Animation during the early 1990s.

John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, 2006–2018, left) and Edwin Catmull (President, 2006–2018, right) came to Disney following its acquisition of Pixar and dedicated themselves to revitalizing Walt Disney Animation Studios after the studio's unsuccessful early 2000s period.

The south side of the Roy E. Disney Animation Building, as seen from the public park that separates it from the Ventura Freeway.

In June 1994, Disney released The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff.

Timon and Pumbaa

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Timon and Pumbaa are an animated meerkat and warthog duo introduced in Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King and its franchise.

Scar (The Lion King)

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Fictional lion and the main antagonist in Disney's The Lion King franchise.

In addition to praising the character, film critics greeted Irons's vocal performance enthusiastically. Notably, Irons was only one among the film's unprecedented cast of A-list actors.

The Lion King was first conceived in 1988.

Nala, as she appears as an adult in Kingdom Hearts II.

Nala (The Lion King)

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Fictional character in Disney's The Lion King film franchise.

Introduced in the animated film The Lion King (1994), Nala subsequently appears as a less prominent character in the film's sequels The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) and The Lion King 1½ (2004), and serves as a recurring character in The Lion Guard (2015–2019).

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride