The Lion King remake runtime has been announced – here’s how it compares to the original

Lion King remake runtime
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The Lion King remake runtime has been officially revealed. We now know for sure that the live-action version won’t be a 1:1 remake in terms of length. In fact, there will be more material as ♚the new adaptation will be roaring into cinemas with a much longer runtime than the original.

As shown on the , who also unveiled the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Spider-Man: Far From Home runtime before anyone else, the Lion King remake runtime stands at 118 mi🔯ns (1hr 58 mins).

ﷺThe original 1994 animation, meanwhile, only lasts a relatively short 89 mins, which ꦚmakes the Lion King remake a whole 29 minutes longer.

That extra half-an-hour could very well account for a bunch of new scenes, as well as a remix-of-sorts when it comes to building on the foundations of the original story. Jon Favreau told back in 2018: “I feel like I saw [1994’s] The Lion King… you still feel a connection to the💫 animated film, but if you really look closely you’ll realise we’re actually taking a lot of liberties with it and we’re even changing things slightly with scenes and structure and the humour.”

Disney live-action remakes have recently followed the trend of being longer than their animation counterparts. This year’s Aladdin is nearly 30 minutes longer than the Robin Williams-starring animation; Dumbo is 112 minutes versus the original’s hour-long runtime. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Beauty and the Beast (2017) was a whopping 129 minutes compared to the animation&r🐬squo;s brief runtime of 84 minutes, thank🌟s to some newly added bulking ballads.

So, love it or hate it, the Lion King remake runtime has confirmed that we’re getting le♌ss of a CGI re-tread and more a re-imagining of the iconic story, with Favreau tweaking what no longer stands the test of time. And for those who were sceptical of it being a complete copy? It means no worries for the rest of your days.

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