It's official, there's gonna be a tlk remake.

[Panpardus]

[quote="Squeely"]
I definitely prefer female Rafiki over male. Not that male was bad, he's a great character, but the higher amount of energy and quirkiness of the Broadway Rafiki gives her the edge. Also, I forget if it has a specific name, but there's a healer/shaman type in African culture, and they're traditionally female. So fingers crossed for a female Rafiki! (Though I won't be mad or anything if they go male with this one)[/quote]

The term you're looking for is 'sangoma' (or isangoma, in Zulu), a term which is used nowadays as something of a catch-all word for any traditional healer/shaman in any of the native South African ethnic groups, although each group has its own language-specific term and the actual roles of these people vary between cultures.

[quote="Squeely"]Hmm... Rogen is gonna feel weird as Pumbaa, unless he's decent at mimicking Sabella's voice. It's just that, Sabella's voice is possibly the most distinct I've ever heard, while Rogen's is naturally a lot more typical of your average guy. I do think someone other than Sabella can pull off the Pumbaa voice (the Nostalgia Critic does it decently well, and I'm sure there are people out there who can do it better than he can), but if Rogen doesn't try mimicking the original voice, it'll take some getting used to for sure.[/quote]

I'm pretty sure Rogan will use the Sabella Pumbaa voice as a reference; they do carry a similar air, which I understand if they're trying to keep it close but still somewhat distinct.

[Rollo]

I would love to see a female Rafiki, but I'm not sure how this would solve the lack of female representation, which is kind of the vibe I'm getting here. It's not as if we're actually short on females in The Lion King. Nala, Sarabi... and a whole bunch of lionesses! Unnamed, severely underdeveloped lionesses, but they're still there and they're ripe for being developed to a whole new level. I would honestly prefer to see these existing characters fleshed out than just having a genderbent character and that's it. I dunno, to me it seems like an easy way out than having to actually develop some characters. It wouldn't hurt the story if we at least knew the name of a couple of the lionesses in the pride, and what their relationship is with Sarabi, Nala, etc. I would KILL to see a Shadowland-esque scene in this movie.

I'm really hoping Favreau spends some time on Scar's reign and how the lionesses got through it. It could be possible that not all of them made it, and wouldn't that add some depth to Simba's character... when coming home, not only is his kingdom destroyed, but some of his family (aside from his father) have not survived his uncle's tyranny. It's dark, it's not too unrealistic by any means considering what the Pridelands were like upon his return, and it really helps to drive home the gravity of his situation. Really shows you what he's fighting for.

[Elton John]

Yeah. Showing just how awful Scar's reign was. Was Sarafina even in the battle for pride rock? The number of lionesses in the first part of the movie is noticably larger than in the second half. A sort of subtle way of saying that not all the lions survived.

[Panpardus]

I didn't see Sarafina at all during the latter half of the movie (I rewatched the movie again recently and tried to find her to no avail) so that's definitely something to look into and expand upon.

I'm definitely for showing Scar's reign and most certainly all for getting some measure of character development (or hell, just some identification) on the lionesses, especially since we've been through three movies and a currently-airing TV show and we still don't know anything more about the canon Sarabi than we did over twenty years ago.

[Elton John]

I tweeted tim rice about possible involvement in the tlk remake.

Will update when or if I get a response.

[zerodix]

since this remake is officially announced... it is part of the lion king franchise, like the movies musical and Lion Guard.. shouldn't it be under "the kingdom" in the forums?

[Elton John]

Well, I think that once we start getting a lot more solid info on it there should be it's own personal board for it.

[zerodix]

ok, on facebook i have the official disney page. i will keep informed!

[gothprincesskiara]

uh do you have a link?

[zerodix]

on facebook, search bar, type disney and the profile with the new pirates of caribean logo. and be a member ans then you see the content.