“I was at the Florida studio for 10 years,” Henn recalls. “Came down right after working on ‘Little Mermaid,’ and when we finished ‘John Henry’ [2000], I moved back to Los Angeles.” Disney closed its ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the run-up to this weekend’s release of the highly anticipated remake of “The Lion King,” the film has generally been referred to as a live-action reinterpretation of the 1994 animated classic, the ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lion Forge Animation, the company behind the Oscar-winning Hair Love, has been rebranded as Lion Forge Entertainment as it is expanding its slate to include live-action in addition to ...

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, ...