When Queen Beyoncé Knowles-Carter was announced as having joined the cast of Disney's live action The Lion King remake, fans of the original animated film breathed a sigh of relief. Despite many being dubious over whether The Lion King really needed a reboot, Beyoncé's casting meant that it MUST be pretty darn good.
And when she was announced as playing none other than Nala - main character Simba's love interest - we got even more excited at the prospect of her stunning vocals belting out 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight?'... Which we've now actually heard a snippet of, thanks to the trailer.
Now that the film's release is less than a month away, the hype is almost unbearable - especially now that the full cast have been announced! So the fact that Disney have released a serious of photos of the cast alongside their live action counterparts will come as VERY welcome news.
Taking to Twitter, the official Disney page shared a series of photos of the main cast staring down their animated animal avatars, alongside the simple caption, 'The pride'. Enjoy!
HEAT Lion King cast pics stacked
1 of 8Swipe through to see the cast of The Lion King with their animated counterparts...
2 of 8Donald Glover as Simba
3 of 8Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala
4 of 8Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar
5 of 8Billy Eichner as Timon, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa and John Oliver as Zazu
6 of 8Alfre Woodard as Sarabi
7 of 8Keegan-Michael Key as Kamari, Florence Kasumba as Shenzi and Eric Andre as Azizi
8 of 8JD McCrary as young Simba and Shahadi Wright Joseph as young Nala
The only thing is that we're missing James Earl Jones as Mufasa... Where are you, James?!
Timon the meerkat's voice actor Billy Eichner recently revealed that Beyoncé and Donald's rendition of 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight?' made him cry, saying on a podcast, "That was never my favorite song to be totally honest. I liked it when Elton John sang it. I love Elton John.
"I don’t want to give too much away about that, they do not want us talking about it. I will just say that honestly, it made me cry and I was not expecting that."
The Lion King is released on 19th July 2019.
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