Disney’s “The Lion King” remake has dominated the worldwide box office with over $1 billion in less than a month, but it has rubbed some of the animators who worked on the 1994 movie the wrong way.
HuffPo reached out to 13 original “Lion King” animators to get their thoughts on Jon Favreau’s photorealistic remake, many of whom declined to comment.
One animator speaking on anonymity said, “I will only get myself in trouble if I comment on the ‘other’ version.” Another animator added, “There is a huge resentment against these 3D remakes from the original 2D crews.
Maybe if we got any kind of royalties it would be different.”David Stephan, an animator who worked on the original film’s hyena designs and the iconic “Circle of Life” opening sequence, went on record sharing his critical thoughts of the 2019 “Lion King.” Summarizing the thoughts of many of his colleagues, Stephan told HuffPo,
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