Jon Favreau crowned Disney’s live-action Lion King director
Jon Favreau’s live-action The Jungle Book movie for Disney not only beat the Warner Bros.’ version to the screen, its $966M worldwide box-office take sent the rival project scampering off to 2018 for a release date. The MCU player has already been tapped to helm a sequel. With Favreau so firmly planted himself among the flora and fauna of the jungle, Disney’s now teaming up with the director for a live-action reimagining of The Lion King. Favreau trumpeted the news on Twitter ahead of any formal press release, but at least he used the pertinent emoji: