Tag "Lion King"

‘Lion King’s’ Roger Allers Joins Animated ‘Prophet’

January 16, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Roger Allers, who co-directed Disney’s smash hit The Lion King and Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season, has signed on to an animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s poetry collection The Prophet. According to Deadline.com, Allers will oversee the creative end of the movie, which will feature chapters made by other animators. [...]

Disney Announces Four More 3-D Re-releases

October 4, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

You can call it the Lion King 3-D effect: Disney announced today that it will re-release stereoscopic 3-D versions of Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and The Little Mermaid in theaters in 2012 and 2013. This is a direct result of the phenomenal success of The Lion [...]

‘Lion King’ Writer Weighs In On Triggerfish’s ‘Khumba’

July 18, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

Jonathan Roberts, one of three credited screenwriters on Disney’s animated classic The Lion King, is lending a helping hand to Triggerfish Animation Studios’ feature film Khumba. The story of a half-striped zebra who embarks on a quest for his missing stripes was originally written by South African writers Raffaella Delle [...]

Disney 3D Blu-ray Slate includes ‘Beauty,’ ‘Lion King’

January 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Walt Disney Co. will release at least 15 films in the Blu-ray 3D format in 2011, including such animated classics as The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast — both of which will be seen in stereoscopic 3D for the first time. The studio also will release in [...]