25 years later, 'The Lion King' roars again (with Beyonce)

Friday, July 19, 2019

LOS ANGELES -- It was just a few months ago that director Jon Favreau was sitting in a scoring session with composer Hans Zimmer for "The Lion King," his ambitious and technology-driven reimagining of the 1994 animated classic, and he and everyone else in the room were getting a little emotional.

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