LION KING: A Trailer

Behold and weep

Hype

I'm hyped. Personally, I wish the trailer had done a little more than just recreate the opening scene of the movie, but still, I'm hyped. I loved Jon Favraeu's The Jungle Book, I believe he'll do great with this too.

I think this is the 1 movie of next year that could beat Avengers 4 at the box office. These live action Disney movies have done very well so far, and this is the king of all Disney movies.

Wow! I am likely in the minority, but the original is not among my most favorite Disney animated movies. I like it well enough, but it's farther down the list than Aladdin, the Little Mermaid and Mulan, however this version has me more hyped than the forthcoming live-action adaptations of those classics.

Well damn. This actually looks really good. I'm actually hyped.

FTFY

Omg my wallet's gonna burn again....

If it wasn’t for Jungle book, I wouldn’t have been hyped, but Favraeu’s work on the jungle book showed that he can create an original story from an existing tale. So He has gotten my attention, but I’m still rather hesitant

Guaranteed billion at box office

Looks noice!

I like the first dumbo trailer the best out of the live actions so far but this is my second favorite.

Disney gonna have 3 animated classics remakes release next year alongside Star Wars and Avengers. Wouln't be surprise if most of the films in 2019 top ten highest grossing are Disney's

Simba (or is it Mufasa ?) is so small. I want him to look more like this

Really hype, though.

What a cute little monster

The CGI's gorgeous.

looks cool.

This is awesome. :D

Not to mention Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2. And Artemis Fowl, that has some potential.

@mrmonster: pretty sure Disney wins out every year in terms of revenue. they're unstoppable.

I thought it was another fake trailer because of the CGI. Can't say I'm too impressed by it in the context of the movie. I mean it's good CGI but compared to the artistic talents and animation on the original Lion King, it's a stark contrast when the trailer goes for a shot for shot recreation of the original. Plus no Be Prepared is a downside.

Yeah, but next year is like nothing else. Even by their standards, they are about to have one heck of a year.

@the_stegman: Because they bought all the lucrative propteries Pixar, Marvel, Lucas Films, and now probably even a good chunk of Fox and they own majority of Hulu now.

I have to say that the production of this is looking incredible. This is probably one of the best CGI I have ever seen in my life.

Definitely hyped.

I love the Lion King, but honestly I don't see why I should see this in theaters yet

Pointless.

Has there EVER been a remake that has surpassed the original when it adds literally nothing new outside of "LOOK GUYS WE CAN DO ALL THIS CGI NOW, CAUSE TECHNOLOGY, LETS REMAKE EVERYTHING WITH CGI".

Oh yeah, I didn't even think about Fox. After the merger is complete, they're going to own the rights to Avatar. Now that'll make Disney's bank accounts very fat.

I already know what happens

Meh, kinda looks like a CGI shot-for-short remake.

Yeah. That's 5 guaranteed (A4,TLK,Frozen2,SW9 and TS4 ) and 2 possible (Aladdin, Captain Marvel) billion dollars movies .

A4 probably gonna cracks 2 billions and it's not impossible for TLK to do the same.

They have to be careful with this. If all they do is trying to make the animals as realistic as possible and disregard facial expression and stuff like that. It will simply just look like a typical nat geo documentary.

I heard simba is gay in this movie

Why wouldn't you like that?

Because it's boooorring

We already have an animated Lion King movie. For as good as the Beauty in the Beast movie was, it was basically the same movie as the animated film, but now with Emma Watson. I'm hoping this isn't the same way

Meh.

Just hope it won't be crap like Maleficent or Beauty and the Beast.

Yeah wasnt really feelin it. It was right on the verge of stirring some emotions but ultimately fell alil short

That's the only thing I kind of disagree with. Solo proved that Star Wars movies aren't guaranteed to be billion dollar hits, or even guaranteed to be profitable, I don't think Episode 9 making a billion or more is a guarantee.

And as for Captain Marvel...maybe if the next trailers get a better reception than the 1st one, but as of now, I'd say unlikely.

Here's how I would categorize all of Disney's major releases next year.

Could do 2 billion

• Avengers 4
• The Lion King

Guaranteed 1 billion

• Toy Story 4
• Frozen 2
• Aladdin

Less than a billion but still successful

• Dumbo
• Captain Marvel
• Star Wars: Episode 9

Could flop

• Artemis Fowl

IMO Solo is an outlying case of a spinoff that nobody asked for being placed in bad time slot, EP 9 is the conclusion of a main trilogy, really dont see it doing less than a billion.

CM will got boost by it ties with A3/A4, it could do anywhere from Doctor Strange to Black Panther numbers.

Aladdin is a massive brand by itself but I don't have much faith in Guy Ritchie...

BTW, you read Artemis Fowl ?

You could be right about Episode 9. It's more than possible that Solo was just an odd fluke. Or it could be a bad sign for the future of Star Wars under Disney. We won't know for sure until December of 2019.

As for Captain Marvel, the ties to Infinity War/A4 don't make it a guaranteed billion dollar movie. Ant-Man & The Wasp also had those tie-ins, and it only made 622 million. Unless Captain Marvel really steps up its marketing, I could see it doing only making that much.

I agree that Guy Richie was probably not the best choice to direct this movie. I think his recent King Arthur movie was mediocre at best. But still, it's Aladdin, one of Disney's most popular animated movies, especially among my generation.

I've tried reading Artemis Fowl twice, but both times I never really liked it. But a lot of people love it, so it could potentially be a hit. But it doesn't have enough popularity to say with reasonable certainty that it will not flop.

eh

Not really impressed

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I guess it looks nice, but I don't see why it was needed other than for profit. Simba and Nala getting chased by the hyenas or the final battle might be worth seeing though.

Well, I didn't said CM is guaranteed billion dollars movie, I said it's possible.

I guess we will just have to wait and see if see if Captain Marvel and Aladdin will deliver.

As for Artemis Fowl, if it's not an expensive movie then it does not really need to make a lot of money to be successful.

In anycase, we do agree that Disney likely gonna has at least 5 movie the billion dollars club, right? Ridiculous.

Like this?

Turn that damn RTX off.