"Lion King" Revival Announces Cast

Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 10:00AM
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Your childhood memories are about to get Beyoncé'd.

Disney's The Lion King is getting the live-action treatment and previews for it have already shown great promise. Disney has now revealed the list of stars that will voice your most cherised prepubescent traumas. Standouts include James Earl Jones as Mufasa (he also voiced the original in 1994), Chiwetel Ejiofor as maybe-gay uncle Scar, and budding singer/song-reader Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. The new King's cast of voices features great diversity that we hope is indicative of the crew behind-the-scenes. 

Check out the full main cast up next...

The film, directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book) will be released on July 19, 2019. 

Article originally appeared on The Film Experience (http://thefilmexperience.net/).