The last time director Jon Favreau was given the choice of submitting a CG remake as an animated film, he opted not to The shorthand description for Disney’s new movie “The Lion King” is that it’s yet ...

Roger Allers joined Disney in 1985, becoming part of a group of artists tasked with reviving public interest in Disney’s animated films by producing fresh theatrical releases. Allers directed his ...

Despite the fact that the 2019 Lion King is rendered entirely in hyper-realistic computer animation, you’d be hard-pressed to find the word “animated” anywhere in the marketing materials. From the ...

Although the 2019 live-action remake received mixed reviews, Lion King generated over $1.6 billion at the global box office. The film had a star-studded lineup that included Donald Glover as Simba, ...

In the late 1970s, a hopeful animator from Ohio was rejected from Disney Studios for the third time. His name was Mark Henn, ...

When Lion Forge Animation’s debut film “Hair Love” from director Matthew Cherry won the Oscar for Best Animated Short last year, it marked a watershed moment for the studio and for racially diverse ...