Disney’s upcoming film The Lion King brings the classic animated feature into the realm of live-action. Not an easy task, what with all the singing and dancing animals. At the helm of this tricky endeavor is director Jon Favreau, who cut his teeth on the animated-to-real life game with 2016’s The Jungle Book. I visited the set of Lion King with a small group of press to witness Favreau’s filmmaking process and was intrigued to see the entire thing was essentially shot in an intricate virtual reality video game.
Explaining Favreau’s Vision
But before we get to the technical particulars, it’s relevant to hear why Favreau felt the need to take the lead on this movie in the first place. After all, many deem the original to be a masterpiece as-is, so why mess with perfection? Favreau pointed to the celebrated Lion King stage show as a worthy adaptation of the animated original -- and to his point, it has earned over $1 billion to become the highest grossing Broadway production of all time -- and his goal is to create a third take on the beloved tale that tells The Lion King’s timeless story with what he described as the spectacle of a BBC wildlife documentary.
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