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.