Disney's next live-action Lion King movie after Mufasa should take inspiration from another profitable series that puts its ...

The 1994 animated classic was loosely based on William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. Many children who watched The Lion King cite it as one of the "most devastating moments of their childhood." ...

But the story shares many parallels with Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. This retelling wasn’t the original plan for Disney in the writing phase of The Lion King. Initially, they were looking to ...

How to watch: Mufasa: The Lion King is now available to rent or purchase ... “What if we put on a production of Hamlet here?” The rest of the movie is dedicated to watching our heroes, to ...

Both films have royal families ... On the two-disc platinum edition of "The Lion King" the filmmakers have said the movie has been inspired by both "Hamlet" and the stories of Joseph and Moses ...

There were elements of the 2019 The Lion King that were traumatising too, having to do with the conceit of transposing this familiar story (Hamlet for kids) onto photorealistic animals ...