‘The Lion King’ remake’s trailer confuses the Internet: Just what is ‘live action’ anymore?

Jon Favreau, the director of the “Lion King” remake (which stars Donald Glover, James Earl Jones and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), has naturally walked down this valley earlier than, together with his replace of “The Jungle Book.” In 2016, Favreau’s remake of that Disney cartoon traditional relied largely on CGI animation — animals and landscapes created in laptop — however the central determine of Neel Sethi as a live-action Mowgli gave viewers one tether to an actual, seemingly unpainted efficiency.