Name: How 'The Lion King' Remake Was Animated | Movies Insider
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This is the iconic opening scene in "The Lion King."

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In the 1994 film he stands while lifting the cub,

and creating a hyper-realistically animated

and it required literally millions of hours of animating.

helped animate this ambitious live-action remake.

that combine live action and CGI animation,

But it was their work on another Disney remake,

"The Jungle Book," that really paved the way

for what they were able to achieve with "The Lion King."

one of the VFX Supervisors on "The Lion King."

If you want a sense of just how much work Newman

and the MPC Film team put into this project,

MPC Film estimates that there were about 77 million hours

of rendering animation throughout all of their departments.

it would've taken 8,790 years to finish the movie.

and the actors needed to record their voices.

Instead of just recording their voices in a sound booth,

the actors were actually able to move around,

This bare-bones setup gave the actors room

to interact with the cast and even improvise.

Some parts though were recorded in a recording booth.

Donald Glover: Mercy? After what you did?

and used by animators as a point of reference.

which they called virtual production, was unique.

Director Jon Favreau and several crew members would put

on VR headsets which allowed them to actually step foot

adjust lighting, and choreograph movements.

The animals and environments were created at the same time,

and rough versions of the animations could be viewed

They would eventually add more fully realized details

and other crucial aspects, like lighting, after production.

And, yes, there were real cameras tracking Timon And Pumbaa.

Creating the camera movements in real life,

rather than just in the computer, allowed the filmmakers

to create a nature-documentary-like feel.

When it came to animals, they had to toe the fine line

we still needed to make sure that when you look at Simba

or, you know, if you're looking at Mufasa,

then he's got the right visual style for you

to kind of remember that that's, you know,

he is the alpha lion and, you know, he's larger than life

and he has this presence about him, you know.

of storyboards, sketches, and exhaustive research.

where they observed real animals in their natural habitats,

plus they could get up close and personal

at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida.

They also read anatomy books and science papers

For example, an excited lion cub they saw

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