Jon Favreau began thinking about remaking “The Lion King” while he was making his 2016 live-action adaptation of  “The Jungle Book.” “I knew that with the tools that we had and what the technology …

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jon-favreau-explains-why-he-decided-to-remake-the-lion-king-talks-working-with-beyonce-1203274230/