July 3, 2019 at 1:43 pm

New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

by twistedsifter

 

Walt Disney Studios has just released a series of awesome promo pics to generate buzz for their upcoming remake of The Lion King, which hits theatres on July 19th.

The portrait series shows the voice actors meeting their computer animated counterpart. The upcoming remake was directed and produced by Jon Favreau and features a slew of music and Hollywood’s biggest stars; with Elton John in charge of the soundtrack, reworking his musical compositions from the original film.

You can find the promo pics below along with the voice actors and character names from the film also included. Not shown are John Kani who will voice Rafiki, and James Earl Jones who will once again voice Mufasa.

 

 

1.

lion king cast and characters 5 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Donald Glover is Simba

 

2.

lion king cast and characters 3 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Beyoncé is Nala

 

3.

 

lion king cast and characters 6 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Seth Rogen is Pumbaa. John Oliver is Zazu. Billy Eichner is Timon.

 

4.

lion king cast and characters 7 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Keegan-Michael Key is Kamari. Eric André is Azizi. Florence Kasumba is Shenzi.

 

5.

lion king cast and characters 4 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Alfre Woodard is Sarabi.

 

6.

lion king cast and characters 1 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Chiwetel Ejiofor is Scar.

 

7.

lion king cast and characters 8 New Promo Pics Show the Lion King Cast Meeting Their Animated Counterpart

 

Shahadi Wright Joseph is Young Nala. JD McCrary is Young Simba.