As Favreau told IndieWire about his film’s blurring the visual lines between live-action and animation, “I love the way things are fuzzy.”įavreau made news earlier this month by going on record saying his “Lion King” remake will not be a shot-for-shot remake of the 1994 animated movie. Disney handled “The Jungle Book” the same way and it paid off with the Oscar. To distinguish the film even more as a live-action effort, Disney is likely to skip an awards campaign for animation and instead focus on the Best Visual Effects race. The project was even set up under Disney executive Sean Bailey’s live-action banner. Favreau is aiming for believable naturalistic realism, even though moviegoers will have to accept that the animals will move their mouths to speak. While Favreau’s “The Lion King” is technically an animated movie, the director and Disney have approached the film as live-action. ‘The Little Mermaid’ Makeup Artist Responds to Criticism About Drag Influences: ‘Why Can’t I Do as Good a Job as a Queer Artist?’ Motion capture was not used on “Lion King.” The actors who worked on the film (James Earl Jones returns as the voice of Mufasa, Donald Glover is the adult Simba, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is Scar, among others) provided only the voices for their characters.

“The Jungle Book” had one major live-action component thanks to child actor Neel Sethi, but “The Lion King” is completely animated. Favreau snuck in the shot just to see whether or not viewers will be able to tell the difference between live-action and the movie’s photorealistic visual effects.įavreau has worked predominantly with CGI animation before on “The Jungle Book,” his 2016 family tentpole that grossed $966 million worldwide and won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

IndieWire caught up with the director at the “Avengers: Endgame” world premiere where he revealed there is only one live-action shot in the entirety of his “The Lion King” remake. Jon Favreau’s upcoming “ The Lion King” is not a live-action movie, but don’t expect to see the upcoming remake of Disney’s 1994 classic in the 2020 Oscar race for Best Animated Feature.

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