THE NEW LANDO CALRISSIAN, DONALD GLOVER, WILL ALSO BE THE FUTURE LION KING


We may never get a full feature film of Vin Diesel playing Bambi, but that doesn’t mean Disney won’t be applying their live action remake formula to other animated animal classics, like say, Tim Burton’s remake of Dumbo (in which, by the way, Will Smith is no longer in talks to co-star). Another beloved classic that Disney has been developing as a remake for a while now is The Lion King, to be directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book, Iron Man). 

 Late last Friday afternoon, the news broke about the two actors who were the first to be cast as voices in the next version of The Lion King. Together, they represent both Disney’s (and The Lion King’s) past and its (corporate) future. 

 That’s because James Earl Jones will reprise his role from the first movie as Lion King #1 (Mufasa), and Donald Glover will voice Lion King #2 (Simba), the latter of which continues Glover’s relationship with Disney following his supporting role in this summer’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and his very plum role as the new Lando Calrissian in next May’s Han Solo (with Alden Ehrenreich from Hail, Caesar! taking over the role from Harrison Ford), then there was his fantastic performances in the hit series Atlanta. This guy was already a very talented, highly rated musician (Childish Gambino), now he is well on his way to the heights of Hollywood taking it by storm, bringing his own unique style and diverse comedy to the table.

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