The new film is directed by Jon Favreau and stars among many others, the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogan and Beyonce Knowles.
Favreau's last live action remake for Disney was The Jungle Book which took £46 Million in 2016, so high expectations are already set for this.
The films has been given its PG age rating for mild threat, violence and it has a runtime of 118 minutes (1 hour 58 minutes).
THE LION KING (PG) mild threat, violence https://t.co/2gTlUyT8ch
— BBFC (@BBFC) July 4, 2019
