By AFPMore by this AuthorWalt Disney Studios is teaming up with director Jon Favreau for a live-action remake of The Lion King, one of the most successful animated movies in history, the company said Wednesday. "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," the studio said in a statement without announcing a release date. Like the hotly anticipated Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson and due for release next year, The Lion King will include songs from the animated film, Disney said. Released in 1994, The Lion King became one of the biggest animated films of all time with a lifetime global box-office gross of just under $1 billion. The stage production made its Broadway debut in 1997 and went on to win six Tony Awards.

Source: Daily Nation September 29, 2016 05:03 UTC