Why I will never see "The Lion King" remake


You may have missed it, but the new CGI “Lion King” remake has just released a teaser trailer for the film. 

The trailer for 2019’s “The Lion King” remake was released on November 22, Thanksgiving Day, during the playing of the Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins game. 

Directed by Jon Favreau, the same man who directed “Iron Man (2008)” and revitalized Robert Downey, Jr.’s career, “The Lion King (2019)” looks to tell the story of Simba in a CGI-filled Africa. 

Disney has also scheduled remakes of “Dumbo” and “Aladdin” for 2019 release dates.

For me, the original “Lion King” film is a classic. It was one of my favorite movies growing up and it still holds up to this day. It’s definitely one of Disney’s top animated films of all time. 

And just like with “Star Wars” and other films, Disney is creating carbon-based copies of the originals. It’s no secret that “The Force Awakens” is just “A New Hope” on steroids. Disney and J.J. Abrams just copied and pasted the entire plot of the Star Wars Original Trilogy with the new “Sequel Trilogy.” 

There are two ways the new “Lion King” can play out: it will be a shot-for-shot remake of the original, following the same plot line, or it will make changes to the original film to reflect the values of the progressive left. 

For Disney, that means adding more diversity, which means less white people. The entire cast of the “Lion King” remake is mostly made of black people. That’s not a bad thing in and of itself, especially if Disney claims to want more realism since the movie takes place in Africa.

The problem is that this so-called “diversity” in movies is marketed as the best thing about the film. As a result, the film has nothing else to offer and shouldn't have even been made in the first place. The same thing happened with the “Beauty and the Beast” remake. 

The only good thing about the Lion King remake is that James Earl Jones reprises his role as Mufasa, Simba‘s dad. But it’s hard to see anyone else voicing the other characters of the franchise. 

There’s also the risk that the filmmakers and producers will completely change these iconic “Lion King” characters’ personalities and character development so that they are completely different characters than what we saw before.

We already saw that happen to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia in the Star Wars “Sequel Trilogy.”

“Star Wars” fans hated “The Last Jedi” because the film ruined Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill) as a character. Luke will always be an idealistic farm boy who matured over the course of the “Original Trilogy” to become a Jedi Knight. Yet Disney and LucasFilm turned Luke into a grumpy old man who ran away from his friends and the fight against evil.

The Luke Skywalker we know and love would never have turned his back against the good guys. He also would never try to murder his nephew just because Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) was being tempted by the Dark Side. This is the same guy who refused to kill Darth Vader, his father, even though everyone told him his dad couldn’t be saved. And yet Luke still saved him. That’s who fans wanted in the “Sequel Trilogy,” not some grumpy old man who ran away from the fight against evil.

Simba, Nala, Timon and Pumba, and all of the other “Lion King” characters are also iconic. They shouldn’t be changed to suit Disney’s political agenda. And that goes for “Star Wars” as well.

Here’s the thing: Disney is making these remakes because they know they are cash cows. Instead of taking risks on new creative film projects, Disney is just making live-action versions of their animated films because they want to make a lot of money.

“The Last Jedi” divided “Star Wars” fans. It had many flaws and too much bad filmmaking when it came to the characters and plot. Disney’s filmmakers didn’t help matters when J.J. Abrams called people who hated “The Last Jedi” sexists. Abrams revealed that he, Disney and LucasFilm cared only about their Social Justice Warrior agenda. They didn’t care about making good quality “Star Wars” films. 

Star Wars “fatigue” doesn’t exist. There are plenty of people out there who want quality “Star Wars” films, not movies that degrade our iconic heroes from the original films.

The same thing goes for “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” and other Disney classics

Like most of Hollywood, the filmmakers at Disney have no more original ideas left. We saw this with “The Jungle Book,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and the “Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy.” Disney could have continued these characters’ adventures right where the other films left off, but instead these films are just cheap copies of the originals in order to make a quick buck at the expense of fans and American taxpayers alike. 

“Solo: A Star Wars Story” bombed at the box office as a result of fan backlash against Disney and LucasFilm’s portrayals of Han, Luke, and Leia throughout the “Sequel Trilogy,” along with Abrams and filmmakers and producers disrespecting the fans and audience. Disney then announced they were canceling every “Star Wars Anthology” film they planned to create because they ended up losing millions of dollars with “Solo.”

The “Solo” effect can happen again if more people decide to avoid Disney’s new live-action remakes.

That’s why I’m not going to see “The Lion King” remake, not even if it comes to a streaming service. 



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