Hot off their big opening weekend for TOY STORY 4, Disney is already looking to kick start the rush to theaters for their next big family movie – and perhaps the biggest movie of the summer – THE LION KING. After seeing plenty of trailers and glimpses at CGI versions of normal animals, tickets are now on sale for the upcoming blockbuster that children will demand their parents take them too after already getting to see TOY STORY and SPIDER-MAN. Sorry, parents’ wallets.
To mark the start of ticket sales Disney officially dropped some goodies for viewers in the form of two new Dolby posters, which make use of a watercolor style along with generous use of white space. Given that there are no human actors in the movie to show off there hasn’t been a ton of posters released, at least compared to the likes of SPIDER-MAN and AVENGERS. A few character (animal) posters here and there, as well as a teaser and a main, so really any poster with some gorgeous artwork is more than welcome.
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Next, Disney officially released the TV spot featuring the singing of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” between Donald Glover (Simba) and Beyonce Knowles-Carter (Nala). We ran a story previously when the spot leaked a bit early on Twitter, but now you can see it with better image quality and sound, more seamlessly flowing between the video of Mufasa (James Earl Jones) talking with little Simba and the new rendition of the classic song.
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Disney also released the soundtrack info for the movie, including tracks from Hans Zimmer and the new song "Never Too Late" from Elton John and Tim Rice. As you will notice, there's still one song that's "TBA".
1. “Circle of Life”/“Nants’ Ingonyama” – Performed by Lindiwe Mkhize; African vocals performed by Lebo M; written and composed by Elton John and Tim Rice; “Nants’ Ingonyama” written by Lebohang Morake and Hans Zimmer; produced by Hans Zimmer; vocals produced by Stephen Lipson
2. “Life’s Not Fair” – Hans Zimmer
3. “Rafiki’s Fireflies” – Hans Zimmer
4. “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” – Performed by JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph and John Oliver; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Pharrell Williams; co-produced by Stephen Lipson
5. “Elephant Graveyard” – Hans Zimmer
6. “Be Prepared” (2019 Version) – Performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Hans Zimmer and David Fleming
7. “Stampede” – Hans Zimmer
8. “Scar Takes the Throne” – Hans Zimmer
9. “Hakuna Matata” – Performed by Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, JD McCrary and Donald Glover; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Pharrell Williams; co-produced by Stephen Lipson
10. “Simba is Alive!” – Hans Zimmer
11. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – Performed by Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen; written by Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss and Solomon Linda; produced by Pharrell Williams
12. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – Performed by Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Pharrell Williams; co-produced by Stephen Lipson
13. “Reflections of Mufasa” – Hans Zimmer
14. TBA
15. “Battle for Pride Rock” – Hans Zimmer
16. “Remember” – Hans Zimmer
17. “Never Too Late” – Performed by Elton John; African vocal and choir arrangements created and produced by Lebo M; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Greg Kurstin; additional production by Elton John and Matt Still
18. “He Lives in You” – Performed by Lebo M; written by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin and Lebohang Morake; produced by Lebo M and Mark Mancina
19. “Mbube” – Performed by Lebo M; African vocal and choir arrangements created and produced by Lebo M; written by Solomon Linda; produced by Pharrell Williams
As for the tickets, you can now buy them anywhere tickets are sold, and even some chains like AMC are doing exclusive fan events where you can see it a little earlier than everyone else. Disney movies have a knack for selling a boatload of tickets early on as people rush to get their seats, with movies like STAR WARS, AVENGERS and TOY STORY breaking records on their first day of presales (though for TOY STORY, it didn't quite result in a record-breaking weekend). Coming towards the end of what has been a surprisingly disappointing summer, LION KING will have little competition going into late-July and August, so perhaps this summer season will end with a roar after all.
THE LION KING is in theaters July 19.