Talk:The Lion King (live-action film)/@comment-25692211-20170218080820/@comment-25097798-20170218105456

Very interesting points there. Favreau's/Disney's thinking is the epitome of "playing it safe" with Lion King right now. Instead of having someone else voice their iconic character, they prefered to stay with the same, propably to avoid any upcoming backlash from the people. I can't blame them really. Plus, they'd most likely want to use the James Earl Jones name for additional advertising.