‘The Lion King’ New Teaser Finally Lets Beyoncé And Donald Glover

So far we’ve seen a variety of imagery from the forthcoming “live-action” (learn: nonetheless technically animated, however with CGI creatures) The Lion King remake, however the trailers to date haven’t actually proven off a variety of singing. That modifications now: The new TV spot for the movie, due on July 19, actually lets our energy couple leads Donald Glover and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter flex their singing voices.

The track in query is, after all, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”, one of many many beloved tunes penned by Elton John and his lyricist, Tim Rice. Glover’s Simba and Beyoncé’s Nala croon the track because the cub Simba listens to his father Mufasa (a returning James Earl Jones) recite his well-known speech.

“Look to the stars,” Mufasa tells his princely son, telling of the historical past of kings of their lineage. “Those kings will always be there to guide you.” There’s additionally loads of mass animal stampeding and walks in opposition to the moon, plus a helicopter shot of our lion lovers cuddling atop a mountain perch.

Glover and Beyoncé naturally do their very own singing. In the 1994 full-animated unique, Simba and Nala voice actors Matthew Broderick and Moira Kelly have been dubbed, when it got here time to bust out a tune, by Toto’s Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky. Apparently nobody at Disney knew that Broderick would quickly grow to be a Broadway star with The Producers.

(Via EW)