The Lion King 4: Kovu's Pride?

[Elton John]

I'm not totally sure about this. It would need to be theatrical and hand drawn, and Disney doesn't seem to care about making those anymore.

Maybe one day when CGI technology is so good that it can replicate the hand drawn look so well most can't tell the difference. The animated short 'paperman' is similar to what I want but not quite there yet.

A little off topic, but the videogame 'guilty gear xrd' uses polygons but has a genuine hand drawn sprite look. So the technology is getting there.

[DGFone]

Paperman is still very clearly 3D animation. To put it simply, it's too smooth and too regular. If you want to see how 3D was made to look identical to 2D animation, then look no further than the stampede scene in the lion king.

Of course, have fun convincing Disney that they want to use that method for an entire feature film. Modern 3D has the advantage of being much easier and quicker to work with.

[Elton John]

Well, that is true... But the technology will consistently improve and I think one day they can make a cgi movie that looks and feels like it is hand drawn.

Who knows when that will happen.

[Elton John]

Your post makes no sense.

And Minions/despicable me isn't Disney. And as far as non-sequels go there's 'the good dinosaur' coming this year from pixar, zootopia from wdas early next year and moana from wdas in 2017.

[Carl]

If they made a continuation other than TLG, it wouldn't be "Kovu's" Pride. It would be "Kiara's" Pride. Yes if it were real lions Kovu would be the absolute ruler upon taking over, but if it were real lions he'd have had to kill Simba to get into the pride. It's already been established that Kiara is the heir to the throne, so sorry to burst your bubble but she will have power over Kovu in this situation.

That said, as Disney is already using TLK for their new series The Lion Guard, I highly doubt they're going to make more movies to stand as feature films. They're going back to it already. The focus will be on Kiara's kid brother, so if Kovu and Kiara have any canon reign/cubs, it will be addressed as a background story on that TV series.

[Kiana]

I wish they made movies like spirit, Balto, and the lion king now! animation by man made drawing!

[Ultra Fox]

Oh god. If they continued from TLK2, that'd be the worst.