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Jon Favreau Has a Voice Role in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Jon Favreau Has a Voice Role in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Jon Favreau Has a Voice Role in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
In addition to (finally) premiering the first trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lucasfilm is revealing all kinds of cool new details from the upcoming prequel / spinoff. Over the past week we’ve seen new images and posters, and learned quite a bit about the mysterious characters played by Emilia Clarke and Paul Bettany. With only a few months left until Solo hits theaters, a casting announcement is probably the last thing you’d expect.
Disney Announces Full Voice Cast for ‘The Lion King’
Disney Announces Full Voice Cast for ‘The Lion King’
Disney Announces Full Voice Cast for ‘The Lion King’
As usual, Disney waited until late afternoon to make a major announcement, but it’s always nice to end the day with some awesome news. Today, it’s the full voice cast ensemble for The Lion King, Jon Favreau’s live-action (-ish) reimagining of the studio’s animated classic — and perhaps the most exciting project on their upcoming (and growing) slate of live-action remakes.
Jon Favreau Teases ‘Iron Man’ Reunion in ‘Infinity War’ Photo
Jon Favreau Teases ‘Iron Man’ Reunion in ‘Infinity War’ Photo
Jon Favreau Teases ‘Iron Man’ Reunion in ‘Infinity War’ Photo
Man, Infinity War sure could use a few more characters, right? There really aren’t enough superheroes in this movie yet. What a tiny, tiny cast list. Okay, yes, this is sarcasm — Infinity War will feature more superheroes battling to save the world than can fit in a single shot… aaand we just got the news that it’ll feature two more.
‘The Lion King’ Casts Alfre Woodard as Simba’s Mom
‘The Lion King’ Casts Alfre Woodard as Simba’s Mom
‘The Lion King’ Casts Alfre Woodard as Simba’s Mom
On the heels of last week’s Aladdin update comes another exciting bit of casting news for another big Disney remake. This time it’s Jon Favreau’s take on The Lion King, which has enlisted Alfre Woodard as the voice of Sarabi — head lioness, partner to Mufasa, and mother of Simba in the upcoming live-action (ish) version of the studio’s beloved animated classic.
Chiwetel Ejiofor May Voice Scar in Live-Action ‘Lion King’
Chiwetel Ejiofor May Voice Scar in Live-Action ‘Lion King’
Chiwetel Ejiofor May Voice Scar in Live-Action ‘Lion King’
We won’t know if the upcoming live-action Lion King remake is a ‘good movie,’ however you might define the term, until its release on July 19, 2019. But with two years to go until the big unveiling, director Jon Favreau is already off to a strong start. There‘s been a clever little edge to his casting thus far, as he’s tapped black actors for the lion roles in the film (Donald Glover will voice Simba, and James Earl Jones will lend his velvety baritone to sage father Mufasa) and white actors as the other members of the animal kingdom (Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen will voice Timon and Pumbaa; John Oliver has signed on as toucan Zazu), reinforcing the allegory of discord among the royal family and fully transposing it to its African setting.
John Oliver to Voice Posh Little Zazu in ‘Lion King’ Reboot
John Oliver to Voice Posh Little Zazu in ‘Lion King’ Reboot
John Oliver to Voice Posh Little Zazu in ‘Lion King’ Reboot
The upcoming Lion King will bear only a slight resemblance to the Disney animated classic families know and love. As with director Jon Favreau’s earlier rework of The Jungle Book, this film will shoot in live-action (a questionable term when all of the main characters are computer-generated imaged, but whatever) and eschew the musical numbers of the original film. A new casting notice has apprised us of yet another change to the fabric of the film, specifically that Simba’s toucan pal Zazu will now spend the film pointing emphatically to graphics in the upper-left-hand corner of the screen and screaming at fictitious office coworker Janice in Accounting.

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