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As if the news of a Lion King remake wasn’t enough to get excited about, just wait until you hear the cast list. On Wednesday, the full Lion King cast was announced, and yes, it includes Beyoncé as Nala. Rumors of the “Sorry” singer’s involvement have been circulating since March, but this is the first official confirmation.
She joins an already star-studded line-up, featuring Donald Glover as Simba and James Earl Jones reprising his role as Mufasa. The movie hits theaters on July 19, 2019, but chances are, you’ll be wishing it was here already.In a press release, Lion King director Jon Favreau said, “It is a director’s dream to assemble a talented team like this to bring this classic story to life.” And he’s not wrong; in addition to Beyoncé, Glover, and Jones, the cast list includes Seth Rogen as Pumbaa and Billy Eichner as Timon. The Disney classic, famously a kid-friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, hasn’t seen a full-scale adaptation since its 1997 Broadway debut. If they’re going to remake a film as iconic as The Lion King, it’s reassuring that veteran director Favreau (Elf, Iron Man, Monica’s rich boyfriend that flies her to Italy for dinner on Friends) assembled the true dream team of performers for it.
The highlight of the new Lion King, of course, is that the cast is predominantly made up of actors of color. The Lion King is presumably set in…
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