I'm a bit late with this one, but a new trailer has been released during Oscars for
Disney's live action version of
THE LION KING together with the first
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| The Lion King roars next July! |
poster as well! With
James Earl Jones returning as Simba's father Mufasa,
Donald Glover leads
the voice cast as Simba himself, the future king of the African
savannah who must overcome betrayal and tragedy to assume his rightful
place on Pride Rock. Directed by
Jon Favreau, the movie will
start roaring next July worldwide 25 years after the original animated
adventure! Everybody's favourite meerkat Timon and warthog Pumbaa are
back too with voices from
Billy Eichner and
Seth Rogen! Simba's evil uncle Scar will get his voice from
Chiwetel Ejiofor while
Alfre Woodard will voice Simba's
mother, Sarabi.
PUSHKIN'S FAIRY TALES
TO BECOME ANIMATED MOVIES
Speaking of kids' movies, Russian
Wizart is starting an animated franchise based on
Alexandar Pushkin's fairy tales in the vein and scale of Disney's
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| Voronezh set Wizart studio will cast an international ensemble for the new movie |
Aladdin and Tangled. The first one, set for 2021, will be
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA in which Ludmila is abducted by the evil wizard, Prince Vladimir, and Ruslan, the knight, sets out to rescue her. Some of Pushkin's famous
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| The studio found its worldwide fame with popular Snow Queen animated movies |
stories include magical Russian fairy tales such as Tale Of Tsar Saltan, The Tale Of The Dead Princess, and The Tale Of The Fisherman And The Fish.
I enjoyed The Lion King on the stage and as an animated movied. I'll go see it as a live-action flick too!
ReplyDeletethe trailer is quite captivating and inspiring too.
DeleteI like your expression about The Lion King - "the movie will start roaring.."
ReplyDeleteHow very, very cute Simba looks!
The movie based on Pushkin's fairy tale poem, sounds delightfully magical, with its russian settings and characters.
isn't he the cutest, they totally copied the movements of a real little cub down to the point!
DeleteHope they will do Ruslan and Ludmila more like epic fairy tale less like comical adventure, but I think they will go for the second as they want to cater for the Western audience as well. The first sign is that Ludmila, who appears in the tale only shortly, will be the dominant feminist heroine in this one.
Urgh! I'll be in either Honduras or Cuba when Lion King is released. I have been dying to see it, but I guess I'll have to catch it a week after everyone else *wahhh!*
ReplyDeletewhat a casual way she finds to accidentally slip she'll be vacaying in Honduras :) I vote for Cuba, dear, you could find treatments for your ailments there! Their doctors are not controlled by big pharma which means they treat cancer and other diseases more efficiently.
DeleteWe're going to both, actually. Jason decided he wasn't driving anywhere this year and didn't want to take long flights, so he booked a cruise. I just can't remember the schedule, but I know Lion King release falls the week we'll be gone. We're only going to be in Cuba for 36 hours, so I don't think I'll be having any time to talk to pharmacists or doctors while there. Travel between Cuba and US has so many restrictions on what we can bring back with us. There are sooo many rules and regulations for Americans, I am feeling really stressed about that portion of our trip, though I have been wanting to go ever since the US lifted the travel ban between the countries.
Deleteare the gurls going too, or just the two of you lovebirds? What on Earth is there to see in Honduras? I always say I will run away to Honduras and open a banana plantation there when I get fed up with everything :) I'm hoping for a romance with one of their plantation lords as well....
DeleteYes, the girls are going too, though Allison is pissed because she wanted to go to Japan instead (totally out of the budget this year, and since Olympics will be there next year, we're aren't going then either). I don't know what's in Honduras, but it's one of the stops, so I guess we'll see. I think there are 2 stops in Mexico as well, Rotan and maybe Costa Maya, though don't quote me on that. I only care about Cuba at this point.
Deleteyou always choose the worst time to be at certain places, deary, what with the Trump wall and things :) They might not let you back in LOL
DeleteIf I start commenting here in Spanish after July, it means we got stuck lol
DeleteI shall send my penguins to rescue you!
DeleteEpic Russian Fairy Tale sounds delightful to me!
ReplyDeletethere is nothing more beautiful than Russian fairy tales. It is sad that the world is dominated by Western ones, when Slavic folklore is thousand times more powerful, more imaginative and rich.
DeleteLooking forward to The Lion King. I've seen the cartoon version hundreds of times.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen it myself.
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