Rating: Half-Full

Cast: Danial Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofer, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph,  Beyonce Knowles-Carter and James Earl Jones

Director: Jon Favreau

Writer: Jeff Nathanson

Based on: the 1994 film by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton

Producers: Jon Favreau, Karen Gilchrist and Jeffrey Silver

Music by: Hans Zimmer

Rated: PG for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements

Release Date: 07/19/19

Favorite Character: Scar

Tagline: The King has Returned.

Quote: “Run away Simba and never return!”- Scar

Fun Facts: There is not a single human in the film and everything is computer generated.

James Earl Jones, Hans Zimmer, Elton John and Tim Rice all have worked on both the original and the 2019 version.

Music producer for the film, Pharrell Williams is forced to be Seth Rogen’s vocal coach and said his singing is so bad it had Williams banging his head on the wall.

Summary: A young cub runs off after a tragedy strikes, and learns what it takes to be king.

The Review: Even with outstanding visual effects, it still did not capture the spirit of the original.