After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 21 wins & 44 nominations total
Donald Glover
- Simba
- (voice)
Seth Rogen
- Pumbaa
- (voice)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Scar
- (voice)
John Oliver
- Zazu
- (voice)
James Earl Jones
- Mufasa
- (voice)
Alfre Woodard
- Sarabi
- (voice)
JD McCrary
- Young Simba
- (voice)
Penny Johnson Jerald
- Sarafina
- (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key
- Kamari
- (voice)
Eric André
- Azizi
- (voice)
Florence Kasumba
- Shenzi
- (voice)
Billy Eichner
- Timon
- (voice)
Amy Sedaris
- Guinea Fowl
- (voice)
Chance the Rapper
- Bush Baby
- (voice)
- (as Chance Bennett)
Josh McCrary
- Elephant Shrew
- (voice)
How 'The Lion King' Cast Put a Twist on Their Characters
How 'The Lion King' Cast Put a Twist on Their Characters
Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, director Jon Favreau, and more of his Lion King cast discuss how their portrayals of cherished characters still break new creative ground.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJon Favreau revealed in an interview that he brought James Earl Jones back as the voice of Mufasa because: "I see it as carrying the legacy across. Just hearing him say the lines is really moving and surreal, the timbre of his voice has changed. That served the role well because he sounds like a king who's ruled for a long time."
- GoofsScar's cover-up of his murder of Mufasa leaves a gaping hole: he sends Zazu to get the pride for help, and after the stampede, claims to the pride that he didn't reach the gorge in time to help Simba and Mufasa. Zazu is implied to have been exiled from the pride after Scar's take-over (given how the hyenas regularly try to eat him when he shows up), but considering Zazu still clearly regularly visited Pride Rock to relay information, it's a wonder how Scar's lie about not being able to make it to the gorge didn't get exposed by Zazu.
- Crazy creditsThe Disney logo has a hand-drawn animated design and resembles the 1960s Disney logo, the same design used in Jon Favreau's previous Disney film The Jungle Book (2016).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Good Morning Britain: Episode dated 23 November 2018 (2018)
- SoundtracksNants' Ingonyama
Written by Lebo M. (as Lebohang Morake) and Hans Zimmer
Performed by Lebo M.
Courtesy of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Featured review
WHY...WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE THE VOICES!!!
Another Hollywood smack in the face, great animation with so much promise until the characters started talking, the new actor replacements were HORRIBLE! NO emotions in the voices NOTHING...NOTHING! ZERO emotion, as if these actors didn't care or were just reading there lines in a room by them selves. This was just a travesty, a classic... RUINED by terrible acting , TERRIBLE Direction, just HORRIBLE! WHO the HELL made these decisions??!! With the very few dialog add ons WHY would you re cast WHY????? Why would you remove Jeremy Irons as Scar?? WHY??? Why would you put emotionless actors as Simba, Nala etc.. Yes Beyoncé was not good not at all, no emotions just terrible and ruined the original music. Seth Rogan was ok, yeas just Ok not close to as funny as the original Pumba.. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Vua Sư Tử
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $260,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $543,638,043
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $191,770,759
- Jul 21, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $1,663,079,059
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.90:1
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