The Lion King (2019 film)

The Lion King is a 2019 American musical drama film, and a photorealistic computer-animated remake of the 1994 traditionally-animated film of the same name. It was released on July 19, 2019.

Directed and co-produced by Jon Favreau, the film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, Florence Kasumba, Eric André, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original film.

With a total gross of $1.663 billion, the film is the highest-grossing animated film of all time. However, Disney does not consider this film as animated, but rather a live-action remake.