I did not see this coming... but tell me more.

Well, that's kind of surprising.

In a surprise about-face, Elton John is now casually shading the music in Disney's 2019 live-action remake of The Lion King. John certainly knows a thing or two about the music for the movie considering he and Tim Rice composed all of the songs for the soundtrack to the 1994 animated version of the Disney classic, including the now-iconic "Circle of Life." John showed up to the premiere earlier this summer at the new live-action remake directed by Jon Favreau and starring Donald Glover and Beyonce (both Glover and Beyonce contributed their own musical talents …

To everyone’s relief, the trailer of the live action The Lion King seems to suggest it will almost be a pretty close remake of the original animated movie. For those of us who adored the Disney classic, this is amazing news, because it means the script won’t deviate so much that the story ends up changed. The story is perfect as is!