STACK #181 Nov 2019

FILM FEATURE

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EVENT MANE Director Jon Favreau tells STACK of his mission to push boundaries and break new ground with the stunning CGI/ live-action version of Disney’s classic The Lion King .

Words Gill Pringle

W idely regarded as an animated and Tim Rice’s original song, Can You Feel the Love Tonight and for Hans Zimmer’s original score. Three masterpiece, Disney’s 1994 classic, The Lion King , won Oscars for Elton John

years later, the stage show inspired by the film made its Broadway debut, winning

six Tony awards. Recently marking its 9,000th show – it remains one of Broadway’s biggest hits 22 years later. Therefore, when Jon Favreau was asked to direct a CGI-animated remake, he was naturally uneasy. “I felt a tremendous responsibility not

I felt a tremendous responsibility not to screw it up

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