I finally watched The Jungle Book (2016) and I completely get the praise it got, and now I understand the excitement for a new Lion King based on that technology. In fact, while the kid who played Mowgli was good, he came across as the weakest point of the overall film.
I did feel like there was a bit of a problem with the use of Celebrity Voice Actor, which might be a bigger issue in a film that doesn't have any live action performances.
I don't think the phrase "live-action" was used in the original press release, but I could be wrong.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.edited 15th Jul '17 12:06:15 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77
Peace is the only battle worth waging.![]()
The page you linked gives a "Not Found" message. This should do the trick.
Well, in their defense, it might be partially because Mr. Irons is preoccupied with being the head of security for a certain Dark Knight at the moment. Besides, didn't his voice give out during "Be Prepared" and Jim Cummings had to take over for the rest of the song?
In any case, this is yet another case of interesting casting. "Be Prepared" is probably going to sound particularly interesting given Mr. Jackman's singing chops...
edited 15th Jul '17 11:38:16 AM by TargetmasterJoe
His voice gave out during the "YOU WON'T GET A SNIFF WITHOUT MEEEE
!" scream in the song's penultimate chorus and Cummings had to fill in the final chorus. The problem is more that the scream was too intense and fucked with his throat rather than Irons's throat being weak or anything of the sort.
edited 15th Jul '17 11:43:57 AM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Not sure how I feel about Jackman as Scar, considering I'm far more used to hearing his singing done heroically. Might be because his last stint as a singing villain still baffles me.
To be fair he was objectively the best part of that film by far. And that is the film's best scene.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."

John Oliver as Zazu[1]