History WesternAnimation / TheLionKing2019

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* AdaptationalVillainy:

* TranslationConvention

* RemakeCameo: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Mufasa is voiced by Sebastián Llapur, who took over for the late Carlos Petrel as Scar.

* ShoutOut:
** Simba boasts [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "There will never be a king like me!"]] before launching into "Just Can't Wait to Be King".
** When Timon and Pumbaa bait the hyenas, they begin to sing "[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Be Our Guest]]".

* AndStarring: For Beyoncé (credited as Beyoncé Knowles-Carter) and James Earl Jones, who receive "With Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and James Earl Jones" in the trailers that list the main cast.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Multiple times, Scar tries to harass and coerce Sarabi into becoming his queen, making various threats each time she refuses. At one point when Sarabi tells him she will never become his wife, Scar makes good on one of those threats, punishing the entire pride of lionesses by giving the hyenas first rights at all food.

* BattleAmongstTheFlames: As in the original film, flames engulf Pride Rock and the surrounding area during the final battle.

* BitchSlap: [[spoiler:Scar kills Mufasa this time around by ''slapping'' him into the wildebeest stampede.]]

* ComfortingTheWidow: Downplayed. Scar tries to make Sarabi his queen after she chose Mufasa over him before the start of the film, but he hardly does any “comforting” to begin with, instead claiming she’s being selfish for not being his queen with Mufasa dead. In the novelization it’s played straighter since literally during his coronation (and merely hours after her husband’s death, no less), Scar is proposing to her.

''The Lion King'' is the 2019 photorealistic computer animated remake of the 1994 Franchise/{{Disney animated|Canon}} epic ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. It was directed by Creator/JonFavreau, director of 2016's wildly successful live-action/CGI adaptation of ''[[Film/TheJungleBook2016 The Jungle Book]]'', and brought to screen using the same highly photorealistic CGI techniques by Creator/MovingPictureCompany as that film employed. The screenplay was written by Jeff Nathanson, with ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' franchise veterans Thomas Schumacher (a producer of the original film) and Julie Taymor (director of the [[Theatre/TheLionKing Broadway adaptation]]) serving as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on July 19, 2019,[[note]]The international release began in China on July 12.[[/note]] and from 2019 (when it surpassed ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' for the title to 2023 (when it was itself surpassed by ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'') was the highest-grossing animated film of all time, though it's considered still part of the current [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes trend of live-action remakes]] by Disney, and Disney itself does not recognize the record as such for this film, claiming that ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (released later in the same year) gets the title.

''The Lion King'' is the 2019 photorealistic computer animated remake of the 1994 Franchise/{{Disney animated|Canon}} epic ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. It was directed by Creator/JonFavreau, director of 2016's wildly successful live-action/CGI adaptation of ''[[Film/TheJungleBook2016 The Jungle Book]]'', and brought to screen using the same highly photorealistic CGI techniques by Creator/MovingPictureCompany as that film employed. The screenplay was written by Jeff Nathanson, with ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' franchise veterans Thomas Schumacher (a producer of the original film) and Julie Taymor (director of the [[Theatre/TheLionKing Broadway adaptation]]) serving as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on July 19, 2019,[[note]]The international release began in China on July 12.[[/note]] and from 2019 (when it surpassed ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' for the title to 2023 (when it was itself surpassed by ''https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'') was the highest-grossing animated film of all time, though it's considered still part of the current [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes trend of live-action remakes]] by Disney, and Disney itself does not recognize the record as such for this film, claiming that ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (released later in the same year) gets the title.

''The Lion King'' is the 2019 photorealistic computer animated remake of the 1994 Franchise/{{Disney animated|Canon}} epic ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. It was directed by Creator/JonFavreau, director of 2016's wildly successful live-action/CGI adaptation of ''[[Film/TheJungleBook2016 The Jungle Book]]'', and brought to screen using the same highly photorealistic CGI techniques by Creator/MovingPictureCompany as that film employed. The screenplay was written by Jeff Nathanson, with ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' franchise veterans Thomas Schumacher (a producer of the original film) and Julie Taymor (director of the [[Theatre/TheLionKing Broadway adaptation]]) serving as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on July 19, 2019,[[note]]The international release began in China on July 12.[[/note]] and is currently the highest-grossing animated film of all time, surpassing ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' for the title, though it's considered still part of the current [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes trend of live-action remakes]] by Disney, and Disney itself does not recognize the record as such for this film, claiming that ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (released later in the same year) gets the title.

* TieInNovel: A graphic novel anthology published by Creator/DarkHorseComics entitled ''[[https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3003-630/Disney-The-Lion-King-Wild-Schemes-and-Catastrophes-TPB#prettyPhoto Disney's The Lion King: Wild Schemes and Catastrophes]]'', features stories from Simba's childhood days.

* RejectedMarriageProposal: After becoming king, Scar asks Sarabi to become his queen. It's indicated that Scar has been attracted to her for years, but she [[AllLoveIsUnrequited chose his brother Mufasa]]; Scar also believes that with [[OneHundredPerCentAdorationRating Sarabi]] at his side, the rest of the pride will respect him more. Sarabi refuses, prompting [[NotGoodWithRejection Scar]] to decree that the lionesses will eat after the hyenas from now on "and they don't leave much behind". [[note]] This scene is similar to a deleted sequence from the original film, which was re-added to the stage musical, including a song called "The Madness of King Scar". However, in the original Scar proposes that ''Nala'' become his queen rather than Sarabi; Nala likewise rejects him [[/note]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler:Scar kills Mufasa this time around by ''slapping'' him into the wildebeest stampede.]]

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The oasis is no longer Timon and Pumbaa's exclusive home, but a haven for self-described 'outcasts' (as seen below under SeldomSeenSpecies).

* SeldomSeenSpecies:
** The "Circle of Life" sequence features beisa oryx, red-billed oxpeckers, European rollers, an African grey parrot, greater kudu, topi, vervet monkeys, white rhinos, marabou storks, intermediate egrets, and grey crowned cranes.
** The mouse that Scar talks to is a four-striped grass mouse.
** A group of banded mongooses and a flock of black-headed weavers are featured in the "Just Can't Wait to be King" sequence.
** A flock of white-backed vultures surround an unconscious Simba in the desert.
** Other residents in Timon and Pumbaa's home include a lesser bushbaby, a bat-eared fox, an aardvark, a black and rufous elephant shrew, Günther's dik-diks, and vulturine guineafowls.

The financial success of the film led to [[https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-lion-king-sequel-barry-jenkins-moonlight-director-disney-1234586787/ Disney officially announcing a sequel]] to be directed by ''Film/{{Moonlight|2016}}'' creator Creator/BarryJenkins. However, the film will not be a remake of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', instead it will be an original story with a [[MeanwhileInTheFuture multigenerational focus]], including Mufasa's origins. The film, titled ''Mufasa: The Lion King'', is planned to be released in 2024.

The financial success of the film led to [[https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-lion-king-sequel-barry-jenkins-moonlight-director-disney-1234586787/ Disney officially announcing a sequel]] to be directed by ''Film/{{Moonlight|2016}}'' creator Creator/BarryJenkins. However, the film will not be a remake of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', instead it will be an original story with a [[MeanwhileInTheFuture multigenerational focus]], including Mufasa's origins.

* OffscreenTelaportation: Although Shenzi is thrown off of Pride Rock by Nala during the midway point of the climax, she suddenly shows up on the very top of Pride Rock hearing Scar refer to the hyenas as revolting scavengers that deserved to be killed.

* OhCrap: A few times in the film
** Simba and Nala have this reaction twice during the elephant graveyard scene: first when the hyenas appear, and the second when Shenzi reveals herself to them.
** Simba during the stampede scene

** Scar gets a bit of this in his dying moments: after his failed attempt to plead with the hyenas for his life, he actually puts up a fight and manages to [[CurbstompCushion fend off a couple of them for a brief moment before they overwhelm him]].

** The hyenas were largely just grunts in the animated climax besides eating Scar at the end, a threat due to numbers but mostly shown [[CurbstompBattle getting comically swiped and knocked away by the heroes and failing to injure them significantly]]. In this film’s climax they fight more intensely, with Shenzi even fighting Nala one-on-one for a while. In contrast when they deal with Scar, while still making a failed attempt at pleading, he actually [[CurbstompCushion fights off the hyenas for a brief while before they overwhelm him]].

** The film features both black and white rhinoceroses, appropriately distinguishing them mouth shape (both species are grey). Black rhinos have a narrow mouth and pointed upper lip, and the white rhinos a wide mouth.

* AerithAndBob: Although no one has English names in this film, they are mentioned at two points. Pumbaa wants to name Simba ‘Fred’ when he and Timon decide to keep him. Timon also asks Pumbaa if he considered renaming himself ‘Brad’ when he farted at a watering hole as a piglet.

* InsultBackfire: Simba and Nala both give one to each other while arguing as cubs. When SImba calls himself a "genius" after they escape Zazu, Nala tells him he never would have gotten away without her, his "queen". Simba reminds her there is no queen, and she agrees saying she would "rather marry an aardvark". only for Simba to retort "good luck finding one that will say yes".

* BadassBaritone: Mufasa has a deep and powerful voice befitting of his impressive physique and position as literal king of beasts.

* OrderedApology: After Nala pins Simba after they escape Zazu, she claims he now owes her an apology. He refuses though and pushes her off him.