8 Movie Remakes That Pissed Off The Original Creators
5. The Lion King
Disney's other mega-successful 2019 remake, The Lion King was also criticised by the people who worked on the original. In this case though, it wasn't just one guy on Twitter: it was an entire group of artists speaking to The Huffington Post.
The outlet contacted 13 people who contributed to the original film, and the majority of comments they received took a negative stance against the remake.
David Stephan - who worked on the animated version's Circle of Life scene - made his dislike of the remake clear, saying that “If you polled the crew of the original Lion King, most of them would say, ‘Why? Did you really have to do that?’ It kind of hurts.”
Stephan also criticised the performances in the remake, labelling them "wooden", while also lambasting the decision to depict the animals in such a realistic way.
Elsewhere, three anonymous animators said that they weren't even planning to watch the remake, while another admitted that there was a lot of "resentment" against The Lion King (and other live-action remakes) from the people who worked on the original.
Considering that they didn't get any compensation... you can't really blame them.