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The Lion King
“Doesn’t this seem familiar?”, one
big cat asks of another in direc-
tor Jon Favreau’s remake of Dis-
ney’s much loved 1994 animated
musical The Lion King. Yes, yes, it
sure does seem familiar. Remake,
rinse, reboot, repeat. Such is the
circle of life for Disney as the stu-
dio continues their campaign to
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by Eric Hillis
wring every last dollar out of their
back catalogue with a series of
‘live action’ remakes that are now
arriving at a pace few parents
could afford to financially keep up
with. We’re only halfway through
2019 and we’ve already had re-
makes of Dumbo, Aladdin and
now The Lion King.
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