Disney goes high-tech to draw fans to a new ‘Lion King’
By Reuters
17 July 2019 |
3:22 pm
Walt Disney has taken a high-tech route to remake animated classic "The Lion King" with the look of a nature documentary, an update it hopes will lure audiences to a new version of a film considered a masterpiece.
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