‘Lion King’ director Jon Favreau explains why he’s remaking an animated classic

Disney has been cranking out live action remakes of its animated classics for the past few years — in fact, Guy Ritchie’s take on “Aladdin” is currently at the top of the box office. But these distinctions get tricky with the growing reliance on computer generated visual effects. “The Jungle Book,” for example, mostly features …

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