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| 04.7.2003 Release date for TLK 1.5 posted? |
| At eFilmCritic.com , it says TLK 1.5 will be released on 12/31/03. Via Simba B. |
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| 04.07.2003 Details on the DVD Collector's Gift Set |
The $39.99 boxed Gift Set has a page at Costco's site that explains the contents and presentation. (Scroll down to the "The Lion King DVD Collector's Gift Set" link.) The Lion King Special Edition DVD Collector's Gift Set includes everything from the Special Edition, with the addition of five exclusive character portrait drawings, signed and sketched by the original animators and The Lion King Special Edition book - the ultimate companion piece to the DVD experience! The page has full feature lists as well. Nice-looking box, too.
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| 04.03.2003 TLKoB National Tour in Cincinnati |
| Leon Matt Thomsson informs me that the Lion King: National Tour, the traveling version of TLKoB, is currently in Cincinnati and will be there until May 18. Alton F. White, the actor playing Mufasa, is a Cincinnati native. |
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| 03.31.2003 DVD Extras |
Tanabi5790, Simba B. and Jess Walzak note this blurb from animated-movies.com and Video Premiere Awards : In the deleted scenes of the October 7 DVD, Elton John talks about how his song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" was to be originally sung by Timon and Pumbaa, but he said it was so horrible, he offered other suggestions, which led to the song being performed by Simba. the deleted scenes include original sketches of the warthog and meerkat performing it. The DVD also offers interviews with John, producer Don Hahn, Disney animation chief Roy Disney and others. I remember that Elton John interview being on the Deluxe Laserdisc edition; it's good to see it's made it to DVD as well. |
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| 03.28.2003 See It While You Can |
| Britt informs me that TLK will be ending its IMAX engagement on March 31. UPDATE: Other reports suggest that various IMAX theaters will be showing the movie through mid- to late April; each theater apparently has its own engagement schedule. But regardless of where you live, time is running out! |
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| 03.26.2003 High-res DVD cover art |
| There are nice high-res images of the DVD cover art and on-disc artwork at IGN . Found, of course, by Simba B. |
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| 03.25.2003 Mystery "2-pack" TLK DVD at Barnes & Noble |
Simba B. spotted this item at B&N's online catalog: Compare the above page to thier description of the Lion King DVD - Special Editon on http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=2WPV7LGL2P&EAN=786936217421 Typo or mysterious bundling deal? What would they package it with-- SP? |
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| 03.25.2003 "The Circle Is Now Complete" |
| USA Today has a blurb about the upcoming DVD release: The circle of life for Disney's The Lion King is now complete," writes the newspaper. "The still-reigning top animated feature of all time, with $313 million at the box office and 31 million VHS copies sold, is finally coming to DVD as a two-disc set on October 7. Another member of Disney's cartoon royalty--a two-disc set of 1959's Sleeping Beauty--will make its DVD debut on September 9. |
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| 03.24.2003 DVD Games |
| The "Scoops" page at Corona Productions has a little extra news about the TLK DVD, including four "set-top interactive games" and material related to the Broadway Musical. Word is that the four games are:
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| 03.21.2003 New and Improved DVD Cover Art |
| Excellent news-- Disney has apparently taken to heart the clamor for a less awful-looking DVD cover, and done a new version of the composition that still appears in its original form at the official DVD site .
This is a serious improvement. Also, Davis DVD has images of the artwork on the discs themselves:
These, I think, look great . I'm very very relieved. |
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| 03.20.2003 New Extended "Hakuna Matata" sequence |
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Simba B. relays this tidbit from the "Animated Movies" forum : For those of you who may have been wondering why Olivier put "Hakuna Matata" as being a deleted scene, the reason is that Hakuna Matata was originally much longer than the version that appeared in the film. The Hakuna Matata Deleted Scene section on the DVD will have the parts of the Hakuna Matata sequence that were cut out of the film. |
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| 03.18.2003 TLK DVD Available for Preorder |
Today's the day that the TLK DVD becomes available for preorder, according to Best Buy and Amazon.com and everybody else. The features have been officially announced, and include:
Apparently that horrible image shown below is in fact the real DVD cover art, and not a mock-up. Ah well... at least the set is billed as having the original theatrical release version as well as the "Special Edition" with the new "Morning Report" song. So we'll have the original 1994 movie, and we can all close our eyes and pretend it's in a box with this as the cover art. DVD Features: And from DVDtoons , via Simba B.:
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| 03.16.2003 Preordering TLK DVD |
Simba B. sends this link to the preordering page at Best Buy . BestBuy.com says, "Pre-order Disney's The Lion King on DVD on Monday, March 17!" I suspect that other sites like Amazon.com will allow people to pre-order the Platinum Edition tomorrow as well. I am assuming that Disney will release the official artwork and features list within a few days or weeks on Disney.com. Also, ultimatedisney.com and animated-movies.squareworld.com both have picked up on this image of the DVD box art, which appears to be derived from the same godawful image that's been on Disney's own TLK DVD page . As Simba B. says: I hate the cover. Scar doesn't have his scar. I still believe that the DVD cover will look like the VHS cover. Since adult Simba isn't on the VHS cover, we shouldn't expect him be on the DVD cover.
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| 03.15.2003TLKoB Coming to San Francisco |
| Simba B. and Kirsten Gilson both send word of this article which announces the following: The Bay Area will finally have a chance to see what all the fuss was about when Disney's ``The Lion King'' comes to San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre next year as part of the newly announced Best of Broadway season. Based on the 1994 animated Disney film, the stage version of ``The Lion King'' won Tony Awards in 1998 for best musical and for director Julie Taymor (the first woman ever to win best director), who reinvented the film as a dynamic stage extravaganza with life-size puppets. The show also won Tonys for its sets, costumes (Taymor again), lights and choreography (by Garth Fagan). Bay Area fans of ``The Lion King,'' both young and old, have waited patiently for nearly four years for the tour to arrive, and they'll have to wait a little longer. The show is scheduled to open in the winter of 2004. |
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| 03.12.2003 Another Don Hahn interview -- this one about IMAX |
| From Simba B: http://www.in70mm.com/news/2002/lion_king/lion_king_imax.htm It's an interesting article. Kallay inteviewed producer Don Hahn, Co- directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. There are also some interesting disucions about techincal topics such as aspect ratios and test screenings about the 1994 film and the Imax versions. |
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| 03.10.2003 Interview with Don Hahn |
| Simba B (of course) sends me this interview with Don Hahn , co-producer or TLK, on the bonus material to be included in the DVD release: CJ: Have you had any involvement with the upcoming Lion King DVD? DH: I have, actually. We're working on it very hard. At this point we're pulling together interviews and going through our closets and getting our video field trips. We found this great video of La Boheme recording music in South Africa for the movie, and interviews with Hans Zimmer and Elton. CJ: The Lion King laserdisc was one of the greatest ever made. I would guess that the commentary will come over from that, right? DH: Yes, we'll use that literally. What was great about that commentary is that it was done back in 1994 or 1995, so the movie was very fresh. I think a lot of the elements from the laserdisc were fantastic. We want to pull those over, but we also want to pull in elements like Julie Taymor's take on The Lion King and talk about it with some perspective of the years gone by now. |
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| 03.10.2003 Enesco to produce TLK Giftware and Collectibles |
| Here's a press release which describes the company's plans for the new line of goodies: Enesco will develop seasonal and everyday giftware products for The Lion King property for the mass market, as well as giftware and tabletop merchandise based on the other Disney properties for the specialty retail channel and the mass market. The initial Lion King offering will be available to retailers in mid-summer in advance of the DVD release in October. The Disney offering will be distributed in the U.S. and Mexico. Sent by Simba B. |
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| 02.28.2003 Hasbro To Release New Lion King Toys |
| This fall, to coincide with the October re-release of The Lion King , there will be a new set of plushes and other toys available from Hasbro. From their official press release : Walt Disney Picture's "The Lion King" is the biggest animated feature film of all time and the "circle of life" will continues with Hasbro's all new line of adorable and interactive plush toys, figures and play sets. Hasbro brings to kids the movie's most memorable lines, the wacky characters, and the touching moments of Simba's much-loved coming-of-age story. These items are recommended for ages two and up and all are available in the fall. There are ten items listed, with full descriptions and prices. Start making up your shopping lists... Thanks to Simba B for the info. |
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| 02.18.2003 Atlanta Civic Center photos |
Ratdog took some pictures of the TLK production at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center:      |
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| 02.15.2003"All-Star" Circle of Life Music Video for DVD |
| According to Hillary Duff's online diary and animated- movies.squareworld.com , there's going to be a new music video on the TLK DVD to be released in October. "Happy Valentines Day!!! Sorry that I haven't been writing in my diary lately but I have been so busy recording my album. Today I actually recorded a Disney All-Star version of "Circle of Life" which will be part of the Special Edition DVD release of "The Lion King". I'm singing this song together with Raven, Orlando, Christy Romano, Anneliese, Kylah Pratt, AJ Trauth and Tia, Tamara and Tahj Mowry. We're also shooting a music video for that song on Tuesday which should be pretty cool. I've been rehearsing my new songs almost everyday and can't wait till my record comes out in September." I'm not sure if it counds as "all-star" if I've never heard of any of these people, but then I'm not much of a people-watcher, so who knows... Update: The names listed here are all (or most) stars in Disney Channel shows. Thanks to ZeiLio§§ for letting me know! Thanks to Simba B, Tanabi, and Kirsten Gilson for alerting me! |
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