Why was there never a theatrical tlk sequel?
Posted: November 26th, 2015, 1:07 pm
I know that before 'the lion king' came out the people at Disney never expected it to be a success on the level that it was. Before that there was only one theatrical disney sequel, the rescuers down under.
But now that Disney is making a Frozen 2, it makes me wonder why Disney mever made a theatrical sequel to tlk. In the two theatrical re-releases 'the lion king' went from grossing almost 800 million to almost a billion. It's clear that a theatrical sequel woud make Disney a lot of what they love and that's cold hard cash.
Simbas Pride, while being a good sequel could have been better with a bigger budget. The animation felt off at times, the musical numbers while mostly good lacked the extravagant pizazz of the original and they could have gotten back rowan atkinson to play zazu (whoever replaced him did a turrible job). Among other things.
Sigh. Well, by now if they did do a theatrical sequel where would it go? The continuity of the franchise is all over the place.
But now that Disney is making a Frozen 2, it makes me wonder why Disney mever made a theatrical sequel to tlk. In the two theatrical re-releases 'the lion king' went from grossing almost 800 million to almost a billion. It's clear that a theatrical sequel woud make Disney a lot of what they love and that's cold hard cash.
Simbas Pride, while being a good sequel could have been better with a bigger budget. The animation felt off at times, the musical numbers while mostly good lacked the extravagant pizazz of the original and they could have gotten back rowan atkinson to play zazu (whoever replaced him did a turrible job). Among other things.
Sigh. Well, by now if they did do a theatrical sequel where would it go? The continuity of the franchise is all over the place.