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

[gothprincesskiara]

correct me of im wrong, but we still dont know who is doing scar? and its driving me crazy I mean whats the hold up

[Elton John]

I think we should know the full voicecast of characters before the end of the year.

And no, we don't know who is voicing Scar. Considering they got some good talent to voice him in tlg I can only imagine what top level talent will voice him in the big budget remake.

[Panpardus]

I've been offline for a few days so I missed all the news of the world.

John Oliver as Zazu I can 100% support. The dude really is that character's real-life human incarnation, I don't care what anyone says. As far as the racial makeup of the casting goes, Zazu I'm pretty sure has always been portrayed as a white guy in the musical, even in the South African show where everyone but he, Scar, and Pumbaa (and maybe Ed?) were played by African actors.

[quote="Rollo"]I don't think anyone expected the cast to be all black. I know I definitely didn't. It's extremely unrealistic for a big Hollywood movie to not have at least one white person in the cast, and more often than not they'll be at the forefront of it all, even if the majority of the cast consists of actors and actresses of colour.

But it would be a crying shame if this remake didn't take the opportunity to showcase some black talent the way the musical does. There's a reason the musical is so authentic and rich. I think I'd be more than satisfied if all the lions (plus Rafiki) were black-voiced in this movie, and I wouldn't consider that to be too much to ask for, either.[/quote]

I wasn't expecting the cast to be all black - hoped for it, yes, particularly with region-appropriate accents - but Hollywood's not going to do that, not even after films like Black Panther get released and destroy box office records. (I'm calling it now.) Appropriate representation in voice acting roles for non-human characters always gets cast aside in popular discussions because "it's a cartoon and they're animals", and the only reason that the Broadway cast for The Lion King looks the way it does is because we know we're looking at humans onstage and it would be glaringly weird to see mostly white actors in African-inspired dress. (If it was representative of the movie, Simba and Nala would morph from black to white as they grew up - unless Gabrielle Union is your version of Nala, which she is for me now, though I support Niketa Calame reprising her childhood role instead of Beyoncé, who still isn't confirmed at present - and pretty much just Rafiki and Sarabi would be the only black characters who live through the end of the show.) That said, I'm assuming they'll do what Rollo mentioned and have the lions and Rafiki played by black voice actors, with Rafiki as the token African-accented one like (s)he usually is, and everyone else is either white or non-black POC (more NY Latino hyenas, probably, and the fan in me is still sore over Trevor Noah not voicing Timon.)

Scar is really the only big question mark; I was pleasantly surprised that they picked Oyelowo for The Rise of Scar and made a big show about it, so I wouldn't be too surprised if they actually book him for the film or at least put out a casting call for black Brits. The obvious answer of course would've been Idris Elba but he's already been Shere Khan, and I assume that this new version of Scar is going to be more in the mould of Khan.
(I'd be quite disappointed if it ended up being someone like Benedict Cumberbatch, who I think is also playing Shere Khan in the non-Disney Jungle Book film.)

[quote="Elton John"]I want Samuel L Jackson as Rafiki. I wanted him as Timon but that didn't work out.[/quote]

Oh boy, I'm imagining him as both of those characters.

When Timon and Pumbaa find Simba in the desert: "Jeez, it's a motha@%*^ lion! Run Pumbaa, move your @&$!"

As Timon when Nala and Simba reunite: "Hey! What the $%#$ is going on here, motha#$^@!?"

As Rafiki: "Motha%$^# it means you're a baboon, and I'm not."

[Elton John]

Samuel L Jackson can do more than curse

I mean he has a specific kind of charisma that can fit either character.

[gothprincesskiara]

You I just heard there having a hard time finding there Aladdin, well could that be the case for Scar?

[Elton John]

It's a bit different for voice actors. They need to find someone for Aladdin who can look the part as well as voice the part.

As for Scar in the lion king remake, they just need someone who can voice the part.

[Rollo]

It's only slightly different, I'd say. Representation still matters whether we can see the actor or not. We can still hear them. You listen to Banzai and you know he's acted by a man of Latino heritage. You listen to Mufasa and well--it's super obvious. Point is, I really don't think there should be anybody asking for The Lion King, a movie set in Africa, to be predominantly white-voiced. But Favreau seems to have his wits about him when it comes to these decisions.

Uuuugh that Aladdin thing made me groan. Has Disney never heard of Bollywood or...?

[Squeely]

[quote="Panpardus"]
John Oliver as Zazu I can 100% support. The dude really is that character's real-life human incarnation, I don't care what anyone says.[/quote]
This is so darn true. With how much I adore Oliver, I'm surprised I didn't realize he's absolutely perfect for the role before the casting announcement. A Sunday night report is more or less a morning report, for goodness sake.

[Elton John]

http://screenrant.com/lion-king-remake- ... scar-cast/

Hugh Jackman is playing Scar. People will complain but he's a good actor who had broadway experience.

Now screenrant is saying maybe not? Sigh.....

[TheLionPrince]

[quote="Elton John"]http://screenrant.com/lion-king-remake-hugh-jackman-scar-cast/

Hugh Jackman is playing Scar. People will complain but he's a good actor who had broadway experience.

Now screenrant is saying maybe not? Sigh.....[/quote]

We'll have to wait and see until the panel at the Disney D23 Expo officially confirm it. Nevertheless, if Jackman is in, then, it's a pretty inspired choice to voice Scar.