The much anticipated movie, The Lion King, which is based on the 1994 Disney classic, is now showing just in time for the school holidays.
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Simba (Donald Glover) idolises his father, King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), and takes to heart his own royal destiny.
Not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival.
Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mufasas's brother and former heir to the throne, has devious plans of his own.
The battle for Pride Rock is soon ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile.
With help from his curious newfound friends, Simba must figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
The film is entirely digital using advanced high-tech video game technology that audiences will believe they are watching talking lions, warthogs, meerkats and mandrills in the savanna.
Described by critics as "both visually and audibly astounding" this family movie will delight both young and old.
The Lion King is a photorealistic computer-animated musical drama film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, with a screenplay written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
Much of the main cast signed on in early 2017, while the principal production began in mid-2017 on a blue screen stage in Los Angeles.
... both visually and audibly astounding
- Film critic