‘The Lion King’: Live-Action Remake Will Only Use Four Songs from the Original’s Soundtrack

Though I’ve personally never understood the draw entirely, live-action Disney remakes are clearly making bank at the box office.

The Jungle Book placed fifth in the top ten highest-grossing films of 2016, sandwiched between Deadpool and The Secret Lives of Pets, whereas Beauty and the Beast was the second highest-grossing movie of last year, inevitably losing the top spot to Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Of course, the best of these movies, David Lowery’s fantastic Pete’s Dragon, landed in 40th place for 2016’s highest-grossing list, landing in the same fiscal terrain as …

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