The King: The Live Action Movie

Authors: Eric
Location: New Jersey

"The King: The Live Action Movie"
(Based off of the Lion King but with humans)

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
Original Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Dariusz Wolski
Editing by Stephen E. Rivkin and Craig Wood

Principal Cast:

Young Simba ? Freddy Highmore
Adult Simba ? Johnny Depp
King Mufasa ? Liam Neeson
Scar ? Ralph Fiennes
Young Nala ? Emma Watson
Adult Nala ? Keira Knightley
Pumba ? Steve Carrell
Timon ? Will Ferrell
Priest Rafiki ? Morgan Freeman
Zazu the Butler ? Martin Short
Queen Sarabi ? Emma Thompson
Shenzi ? Joe Pesci
Banzai ? Michael Clarke Duncan
Ed ? Johnny Knoxville
Sarafina, Nala?s Mother ? Kate Winslet

Tagline: "On December 25, 2007, there will be a new King in town"

Synopsis: Based off of the Animated Disney Movie, this version of the Lion King takes place in England in a normal village. The village is ran by the King (played by Liam Neeson) until his evil brother Scar (played by Ralph Fiennes) figures out a way to murder his brother and frame his nephew Simba (played by Freddy Highmore). Once the plan is done, Simba flees the village following orders of his uncle and runs into two lifemates on the street, Timon and Pumba (played by Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell). Simba starts growing up by the sides of these men while his village is being torn apart by Uncle Scar and his evil sidekicks (played by Pesci, Duncan, and Knoxville). One amazing day though, Simba?s childhood friend, now all grownup Nala (played by Keira Knightley), is walking in the streets and accidentally bumps into him and tries to convince Simba to save the village. Simba does not feel right about going back to the village because he is afraid that he is still at guilt for his father?s death. Simba has to make the choice of his life to start a revolution against his uncle or just to sit back with his two buddies Timon and Pumba and do nothing about it letting his friends and family suffer? What will Simba do? Priest Rafiki played by Morgan Freeman narrates the movie.

What the press would say:

Who ever thought this accomplishment in movies would be possible. Jerry Bruckheimer and the Pirates of the Caribbean team take this animated movie and put it into real people and real life situations making the viewer believe that the movie is really happening in real life. Johnny Depp does it again putting his most dramatic performance yet in a movie still having a couple perks every now and then. The team of Steve Carrell and Will Ferrell has been at an all time high as well. We laughed harder at their take of the characters than the original Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella take of the two. Ralph Fiennes is perfect for the role of Scar as well. And when everything is going right with this movie the Casting Director picked the best person to narrate the movie, Morgan Freeman.

Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best Supporting Actor: Will Ferrell
Best Supporting Actor: Steve Carrell
Best Supporting Actor: Ralph Fiennes
Best Supporting Actress: Keira Knightley
Best Director: Gore Verbinski
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score