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Darmik
07/10/17 10:21:01 PM
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lion-king-john-oliver-voice-zazu-live-action-movie-1019837

John Oliver to Voice Zazu in Disney's 'Lion King' Remake

Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and Donald Glover are set for the Jon Favreau feature.

John Oliver has joined the cast of Jon Favreau's Lion King movie as Zazu.

Oliver is joining a voice cast that includes Donald Glover (Simba) and James Earl Jones (Mufasa), as well as Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner, who will voice Pumbaa and Timon, respectively.

Jeff Nathanson (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) wrote the script for the live-action adaptation, which is being produced by Favreau and Jeffrey Silver.

Rowan Atkinson voiced the uptight hornbill in the original 1996 animated pic, who serves as a feathered political advisor to Simba and Mustafa.

Oliver, who is best known as the host of HBO's Last Week Tonight, has voiced Vanity Smurf in Sony's The Smurfs and Smurfs 2. He is repped by WME and Avalon.


I think he'd suit the role fine.

I wonder who'll voice Scar.
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boxington
07/10/17 10:23:40 PM
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Seth Rogan as Pumbaa is pretty perfect casting
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TheVipaGTS
07/10/17 10:25:00 PM
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boxington posted...
Seth Rogan as Pumbaa is pretty perfect casting

Isnit though? It'll just like Seth Rogan lol.
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Proto_Spark
07/10/17 10:26:39 PM
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actually sounds like a pretty cool casting.

It being live action means the movie might look at uncomfortable as the live-action beauty and the beast, but I'm excited for the movie.

Also, James Earl Jones as mufasa,the lion king mufasa again... Awesome
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Skyrim_Guard
07/10/17 10:28:48 PM
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Leanaunfurled
07/10/17 10:29:02 PM
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I'm really excited for this
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alimajor
07/10/17 10:29:14 PM
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I like it.

Hopefully Jeremy Irons does Scar
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myzz7
07/10/17 10:30:46 PM
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MJ_Max
07/10/17 10:30:55 PM
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I don't think anyone would argue that that's fucking perfect casting lol.
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MetaSeraphim
07/10/17 10:31:06 PM
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Wow, besides James Earl Jones of course the casting so far is abysmal.
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pegusus123456
07/10/17 10:31:11 PM
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I still don't understand why they're doing a live-action Lion King. Literally every character will be CGI.

I'm also kinda worried that John Oliver will be too goofy. Zazu was comic relief, but he himself was very dignified with it.
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MJ_Max
07/10/17 10:32:15 PM
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MetaSeraphim posted...
Wow, besides James Earl Jones of course the casting so far is abysmal.

How do you not get hyped as fuck at the thought of Donald Glover belting "it means no worries"??
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Deadpool_18
07/10/17 10:33:17 PM
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Great choice. Great cast.
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ZCheveyo
07/10/17 10:33:27 PM
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MJ_Max posted...
How do you not get hyped as fuck at the thought of Donald Glover belting "it means no worries"??

I don't know about him, but I'm not a fan of Donald Glover....so it isn't difficult to not be excited about that.
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Damn_Underscore
07/10/17 10:34:02 PM
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"We need hyenas on Pride Rock!"
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Darmik
07/10/17 10:34:19 PM
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pegusus123456 posted...
I'm also kinda worried that John Oliver will be too goofy. Zazu was comic relief, but he himself was very dignified with it.


I think Oliver will do a good job with the whole 'pompous servant' concept. Timon and Pumbaa are the goofy comic relief already.
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Lord_Ogrim
07/10/17 10:34:46 PM
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Huh. That's actually pretty great.
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MetaSeraphim
07/10/17 10:41:52 PM
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MetaSeraphim posted...
Wow, besides James Earl Jones of course the casting so far is abysmal.

How do you not get hyped as fuck at the thought of Donald Glover belting "it means no worries"??


I can see him being good in the singing parts, but not the speaking parts.
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LightningAce11
07/10/17 10:43:40 PM
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Fantastic cast in this film.
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TheVipaGTS
07/10/17 10:44:10 PM
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MetaSeraphim posted...
MetaSeraphim posted...
Wow, besides James Earl Jones of course the casting so far is abysmal.

How do you not get hyped as fuck at the thought of Donald Glover belting "it means no worries"??


I can see him being good in the singing parts, but not the speaking parts.

He's a pretty impressive actor with a lot of range. I think he'll be fine.
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Axiom
07/10/17 10:44:53 PM
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Givin' her the ole Zazu
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Darmik
07/10/17 10:46:33 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
they should totally get Djimon Hounsou to voice Rafiki


They might copy the stage play and gender swap Rafiki thinking about it.
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BLAKUboy
07/10/17 11:03:35 PM
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All I know is this might piss off my sister who is both big into Disney but also a huge Republican. So that should be fun.
I'd really need to hear him to know how I'd feel though. It... just doesn't sound right in my head. I'm also not sold on Seth Rogen as Pumbaa.
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DarthAragorn
07/10/17 11:05:10 PM
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Rogen and Oliver seem spot on, not sure about Eichner and Glover.
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WafflehouseJK
07/10/17 11:08:19 PM
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ZCheveyo posted...
MJ_Max posted...
How do you not get hyped as fuck at the thought of Donald Glover belting "it means no worries"??

I don't know about him, but I'm not a fan of Donald Glover....so it isn't difficult to not be excited about that.

bruh, please, I thought you were cool. :(

Donald Glover is amazing.
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TheVipaGTS
07/10/17 11:14:09 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
Rogen and Oliver seem spot on, not sure about Eichner and Glover.

Oliver I can see. Zazu is a spaz sometimes and he offers the right level of calm to spaz. I just can't see rogan doing a voice that isn't his own lol.
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Howl
07/10/17 11:17:24 PM
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Zazu is a massive cuck confirmed.
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TheVipaGTS
07/10/17 11:20:36 PM
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Howl posted...
Zazu is a massive cuck confirmed.

I was waiting to see who would bring politics into this first. Not surprised it's you.
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Kelystic
07/10/17 11:25:08 PM
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live action? cgi lions or real lions?
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TheVipaGTS
07/10/17 11:28:15 PM
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Kelystic posted...
live action? cgi lions or real lions?

Probably gonna be like jungle book.
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GOATSLAYER
07/10/17 11:28:46 PM
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Kelystic posted...
live action? cgi lions or real lions?

Real lions. Obviously they've trained in Stanislavski's method acting and haven taken extensive English lessons.
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The_Ivory_Man
07/10/17 11:32:04 PM
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So how does CG count as "live-action" again?

Still animated.
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kuwab0
07/10/17 11:46:31 PM
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Emerald_Wyvern
07/10/17 11:47:14 PM
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Darmik posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
they should totally get Djimon Hounsou to voice Rafiki


They might copy the stage play and gender swap Rafiki thinking about it.

That actually happened? I'm not opposed to it, but it seems odd.
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Xelltrix
07/10/17 11:49:34 PM
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Lion King remake


*Squints eyes*
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Darmik
07/10/17 11:50:58 PM
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Emerald_Wyvern posted...
Darmik posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
they should totally get Djimon Hounsou to voice Rafiki


They might copy the stage play and gender swap Rafiki thinking about it.

That actually happened? I'm not opposed to it, but it seems odd.


Yeah but the play re-interpreted the imagery of the characters to be more African. It's hard to explain.
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Terra-enforcer
07/10/17 11:53:51 PM
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Xelltrix posted...
Lion King remake


*Squints eyes*
...grrr

People like you are no fun. It hasn't even come out yet, and most of the Disney live action remakes have been great so far.
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Smashingpmkns
07/10/17 11:56:01 PM
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How are they gonna bring back James Earl Jones but not Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella
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Terra-enforcer
07/10/17 11:57:59 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
How are they gonna bring back James Earl Jones but not Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella

JEJ is a god tier VA though
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Xelltrix
07/10/17 11:59:43 PM
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Terra-enforcer posted...
Xelltrix posted...
Lion King remake


*Squints eyes*
...grrr

People like you are no fun. It hasn't even come out yet, and most of the Disney live action remakes have been great so far.


Tarzan was trash which was a huge disappointment. Didn't see Beauty and the Beast or Jungle Book. I'm always worried when something I love gets remade. And it was honestly done so perfectly, there really is no reason to do it again.
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TheVipaGTS
07/11/17 12:01:31 AM
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Darmik posted...
Emerald_Wyvern posted...
Darmik posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
they should totally get Djimon Hounsou to voice Rafiki


They might copy the stage play and gender swap Rafiki thinking about it.

That actually happened? I'm not opposed to it, but it seems odd.


Yeah but the play re-interpreted the imagery of the characters to be more African. It's hard to explain.

Don't a lot of plays do that, though? Like, it wouldn't be a character redesign as a FEMALE RIFIKI....they just happened to cast a Female to play a role that isn't really gender important.....I could be wrong since i didn't see the play but I feel like i heard about similar things like this happening in plays.
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Terra-enforcer
07/11/17 12:01:39 AM
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@Xelltrix posted...
Terra-enforcer posted...
Xelltrix posted...
Lion King remake


*Squints eyes*
...grrr

People like you are no fun. It hasn't even come out yet, and most of the Disney live action remakes have been great so far.


Tarzan was trash which was a huge disappointment. Didn't see Beauty and the Beast or Jungle Book. I'm always worried when something I love gets remade. And it was honestly done so perfectly, there really is no reason to do it again.

Tarzan wasn't even made by Disney lol
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TheVipaGTS
07/11/17 12:03:09 AM
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and The Jungle Book was really well done. I don't understand why people fear remakes like this and point back to the original....The original will still exist. It won't RUIN YOUR CHILDHOOD lol....
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Atralis
07/11/17 12:03:52 AM
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Why are they remaking this....
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Xelltrix
07/11/17 12:04:03 AM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
and The Jungle Book was really well done. I don't understand why people fear remakes like this and point back to the original....The original will still exist. It won't RUIN YOUR CHILDHOOD lol....


People don't like it because they don't want to ruin the legacy or overshadow the old one with a new one by releasing a newer one that sucks. It's honestly pretty simple to understand. Especially if they think it's a retread and there's no reason to make another one.
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Darmik
07/11/17 12:04:24 AM
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Xelltrix posted...
Tarzan was trash which was a huge disappointment.


The new Tarzan wasn't Disney

TheVipaGTS posted...
Don't a lot of plays do that, though? Like, it wouldn't be a character redesign as a FEMALE RIFIKI....they just happened to cast a Female to play a role that isn't really gender important.....I could be wrong since i didn't see the play but I feel like i heard about similar things like this happening in plays.


Rafiki is always a female role in the musical. She's kinda like a shaman.

Xelltrix posted...
People don't like it because they don't want to ruin the legacy or overshadow the old one with a new one by releasing a newer one that sucks. It's honestly pretty simple to understand.


How often does this actually happen? Who remembers the new Total Recall over the new one? If it stinks it gets forgotten until you try and think about bad remakes over the years.
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Xelltrix
07/11/17 12:04:38 AM
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Darmik posted...
The new Tarzan wasn't Disney


Okay? And?
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Darmik
07/11/17 12:06:10 AM
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Xelltrix posted...
Darmik posted...
The new Tarzan wasn't Disney


Okay? And?


You said that in response to a guy saying that all the Disney live action remakes have been good so far.
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Xelltrix
07/11/17 12:07:58 AM
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Darmik posted...


You said that in response to a guy saying that all the Disney live action remakes have been good so far.


I didn't read it the way he meant it, I guess. I didn't take it to mean "remakes made by Disney", I took it to mean "remakes of Disney movies".
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