10 Things We Want To See From Disney's Live-Action The Lion King
4. Something Fresh
The 90s classic is generally considered perfect and holds a sacred place in fans' hearts, so Favreau faces an uphill struggle if he wants to directly compete. Instead, what we’d like to see is something fresh and unique to warrant the live-action retread, while still maintaining the charm of the original.
The Jungle Book remake received criticisms for not reimagining a great deal, but in simply presenting the animals as zoologically correct and through the immersive photorealism, the film was still a wholly different experience
The Lion King cannot simply be a straight rehash, or even something that’s too close to the original. It’ll be like Jared Leto’s Joker in Suicide Squad trying to replicate Heath Ledger’s in The Dark Knight, instead of bringing something unseen to the role.