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" Time for some &amp;#039;sort of good, but maybe bad, but actually we don&amp;#039;t know how we feel&amp;#039; news now: There&amp;#039;s going to be a live-action remake of The Lion King. The man behind the live-action remake of The Jungle Book, director John Favreau (who just so happens to be the actor who played the billionaire who fell in love with Monica in Friends), is heading up this project too.   He posted a vaguely cryptic tweet earlier today that simply said: &amp;quot;Excited for me next project&amp;quot;, with a lion emoji followed by a crown emoji.      Excited for my next project &#129409;&#128081; \u2014 Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) September 28, 2016    Disney quickly followed this with a statement that read: &amp;quot;We can officially confirm that The Walt Disney Studios and director Jon Favreau are putting a new reimagining of The Lion King on the fast track to production.   &amp;quot;The project follows the technologically groundbreaking smash hit The Jungle Book, directed by Favreau, which debuted in April and has earned $965.8 million worldwide.  &amp;quot;The Lion King builds on Disney&amp;#039;s success of reimagining its classics for a contemporary audience with films like Maleficent, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. The upcoming Beauty And The Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, is already one of the most anticipated movies of 2017.  &amp;quot;Like Beauty And The Beast, The Lion King will include songs from the animated film. Disney and Favreau are also in development on a sequel to The Jungle Book. No release date has been announced for either film.  &amp;quot;The Lion King (1994) is one of the biggest animated films of all time with a lifetime global box office gross of $968.8 million, including $422.8 million domestically. It won Academy Awards for the original song Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John, Tim Rice) and original score (Hans Zimmer), plus two Grammy Awards, with the soundtrack selling over 14 million copies.   &amp;quot;In 1997, the stage production The Lion King made its Broadway debut, winning six Tony Awards; 19 years later, it remains one of Broadway&amp;#039;s biggest hits alongside several other productions running around the world, including London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Madrid, Mexico City, Shanghai, and North America. Translated into eight different languages, its 23 global productions have been seen by more than 85 million people across every continent except Antarctica. The Lion King&amp;#039;s worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or other entertainment title in box office history.&amp;quot; But how will it work? Will humans play lions? Or will John and his team train real-life lions how to act and sing? Or will it be mostly CGI like The Jungle Book? Watch this space\u2026  Follow Anna on Twitter. Like this? Come and check us out on Snapchat Discover. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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