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The Lion King 2 Is Coming And Here’s Everything You Need To Know · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, a photo realistic remake
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Speaker 1: of The Lion King is officially getting a sequel, and
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Speaker 1: they found the man who will lead the project, Oscar
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Speaker 1: winning Moonlight director Barry Jenkins, who says, in part helping
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Speaker 1: my sister raised two young boys during the nineties, I
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Speaker 1: grew up with these characters. The opportunity to expand this
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Speaker 1: magnificent tale of friendship, love and legacy is a dream
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Speaker 1: come true. What's particularly interesting about the project is that
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Speaker 1: last year's film was incredibly faithful to the animated classic
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Speaker 1: it was based on, but there's no animated Lion King
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Speaker 1: too to follow in the footsteps of, so this film
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Speaker 1: will naturally be, by design, a more unique story. Details
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Speaker 1: are being kept under wraps, but according to Deadline, this
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Speaker 1: movie will flash back into Mufosse's origin story and possibly
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Speaker 1: other characters origins as well, while also moving the story
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Speaker 1: from the first film forward. The project is getting going,
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Speaker 1: but expect Disney to put it on the front burner,
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Speaker 1: as the first film raked in a staggering one point
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Speaker 1: six billion dollars that's direct from Hollywood