But for “The Lion King,” the studio was, mostly out of necessity, breaking from the traditions of its predecessors. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the stage composers whose songs had given ...

The Lion King featured well-known artists like Elton John on its soundtrack. Scar’s song, “Be Prepared” actually featured two artists as the voice of this Disney villain. Here’s what we ...

M ufasa: The Lion King is not only a prequel to the 2019 live-action remake of Disney's animated classic, it's also in dialogue with both that and the 1994 original. So much so, in fact, that the ...

Disney's reboot of "The Lion King" doesn't come out until July, ... There wasn’t much new footage, but the one-minute clip, set to the "Circle of Life," immediately took us back to 1994, ...

In 1994, Disney released a live-action Jungle Book, directed by Stephen Sommers – who’d go on to launch The Mummy franchise starring Brendan Fraser in 1999 – starring Jason Scott Lee, Lena ...

Disney’s blockbuster film “The Lion King” has aroused a roar of protest from those who say the record-breaking animation feature is not as original as Disney claims but borrows substantially ...

An adult Simba in “The Lion King.” Because Disney heroes are often so dull — Simba being yet another case in point, like Aladdin — the movie rests on the haunches of villains and jokesters.

Never before have Disney animators attempted naturalism on such a grand scale as in Lion King. About 22 minutes of the 85-minute film were produced at the Disney-MGM animation studio.