'THE LION - THE KING'

WALT Disney Studios Motion Pictures on Friday released the first teaser trailer for director Jon Favreau's The Lion King, which roars into theaters on July 19, 2019.

The computer-animated remake of the 1994 classic features an all star voice cast, which includes-

Eric Anfre as Azizi, Beyonce as Nala, Billy Eichner as Timon, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Donald Glover as Simba, James Earl Jones Mufasa-

John Kani as Rafiki, Florence Kasumba as Shenzi, Keegan-Michael Key as Kamari, John Oliver as Zazu, Seth Rogers as Pumbas, JD McCrary as young Simba, Shahadi Wright as Joseph as young Nala and and Alfre Woodward as Sarabi.

The teaser trailer shows the animal kingdom with Mufasa telling his son Simba,

''Everything the light touches is our Kingdom. But the king's time as rule rises and falls like the sun. One day, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king.''

As Circle of Life plays, the trailer shows every animal arriving to welcome the little lion.

Disney announced Favreau would making reimagining  The Lion King in 2016, following the success of his Jungle Book  remake : the latter film, starring Neel Sethi and featuring the voice talents of Idris Elba, Giancarlo Exposito, Scarlett Johnsson, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong'o-

Gary Shandling and Christopher Walken, earned $966 million of the box office.

Needless to say, everyone involved in the is treating reboot with the utmost care.

A year ago, E! News talked to Eichner about his role The Lion King:

''I was freaking out,'' the actor admitted. I mean, the cast is amazing. Me and Seth Rogen and Timon and Pumbaa, so we do Hakuna Matata and then we also sing  Can You Feel The Love  Tonight  with Simba and Nala, ' who are going to be voiced by Donald Glover  and someone who is named Beyonce ,''

Eichner doubted that  he'd even meet Beyonce, asking ''Why would she want to be in the studio with me?!!''

The Lion King will be Disney's third remake of an animated film coming to theaters next year. First up will be Tim Burton's Dumbo March 29, followed by Guy Ritchie's Aladdin on May 24. [Daily Times Monitor].