Last but not least, the serious topics dealt with in The Lion King have made the animated film a true Disney classic. Today, the successful live-action remake on TVImmediately afterwards, you can look forward to another Disney remake, Dumbo, directed by none other than legendary director Tim Burton.
Disney’s The Lion King and Dumbo: Emotional live-action remakes on TV
From the day of his birth, Simba’s destiny as the Lion King is determined. But the intrepid curiosity of the naive lion cub puts him in danger now and then. His devious uncle Scar knows how to exploit this and, with the help of the hyenas, hatches a plan to To seize powerNow it’s up to Simba to reclaim his place.
While The Lion King deals with grief, guilt and responsibility, Dumbo a serious topic. The young elephant is born into a circus and because of his oversized ears confronted with ridicule and exclusion.
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But circus employee Holt (Colin Farrell) and his children (Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins) stand up for Dumbo and discover that he can fly with his earsThis gives the circus, which is run by director Max Medici (Danny DeVito), a boost, but the profit-hungry investor
(Michael Keaton) seems to have other plans for the elephant.
Sequel to The Lion King is about Mufasa and Scar
The Lion King is the highest grossing box office film in the world, with over half a billion US dollars Disney’s most successful live-action remake. It’s clear that the studio won’t miss out on a sequel, which will be released in theaters on December 19th.
Unlike part 2 of the animated film sequel, which is about Simba and Scar’s offspring, it will be Mufasa: The Lion King a prequel. Here we learn how the orphan Mufasa and Prince Taka alias Scar became brothers. The Trailer promises a new, epic journeyin which we can experience the different characters in close connection and will probably find out how they became sworn enemies.
Dumbo is much more modern than the original and corrects outdated images
While The Lion King fortunately has few deviations from the cartoon, Dumbo significantly greater differences to the original In this case, it is good for the film, because the 1941 original is modernized in important places and a major mistake in the original is corrected. Burton manages to incorporate criticism of capitalism in the new film and also draws more attention to the terrible living conditions of animals in captivity to draw attention to.
Director Tim Burton has experienced first-hand that Dumbo’s story can in some ways be applied to reality. Although he has already brought countless films to the screen for Disney, he seems to no longer want to work for the studio after the remake: “I realized then that I am Dumbo myself and I work in this big, horrible circus and must flee.”
When will Disney’s live-action remakes of The Lion King and Dumbo be on TV?
How Simba becomes king, you can see on today Saturday, August 24th at 20:15 on Sat.1Immediately afterwards, the little elephant flies through the circus ring to 10:40 p.m.. In the repeat on Sunday, Dumbo will be shown first at 2:25 p.m. and The Lion King will be shown afterwards at 4:40 p.m. You can also stream both live-action films at any time with a subscription on Disney+.
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