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The Lion King News

1994 Certificate U
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This is a read-along version of the classic Disney movie. Read more

Starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons
Director Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
Genres Children

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  • I Don't Know How She Does It

    The Lion King 3D mauls competition at U.S. box office

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 18 Sep 2011

    The 3D re-release of Disney classic The Lion King has roared to the top of the U.S. box office chart, grossing £18.3 million. The animated family film, which features the voice of teen idol Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a young Simba, was originally released in 1994, when it opened with takings of more than £25 million, and it's proved a big hit the second time around, too. The Lion King 3D knocked last week's (11Sep11) number one, the star-studded outbreak thriller Contagion, into... Read more

    The Lion King

    Career honour for James Earl Jones

    • 03 Oct 2008

    James Earl Jones is to be honoured with the Screen Actors Guild's (SAG) lifetime achievement award, it has been reported. The veteran actor – whose booming voice characterised Darth Vadar in the Star Wars movies – has been nominated for one Oscar and seven Emmy awards during his movie career. Jones' voice can be heard in roles such as Mufasa, the king in Disney's The Lion King, as well as numerous commercials Ironically, the 77-year-old actor barely spoke as a child because of a... Read more