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The development of The Lion King coincided with that of Pocahontas (1995), which most of the animators of Walt Disney Feature Animation decided to work on instead, believing it would be the more prestigious and successful of the two. [34] The story artists also did not have much faith in the project, with Chapman declaring she was reluctant to accept the job "because the story wasn't very good", [50] and Burny Mattinson telling his colleague Joe Ranft: "I don't know who is going to want to watch that one." [51] Most of the leading animators either were doing their first major work supervising a character, or had much interest in animating an animal. [17] Thirteen of these supervising animators, both in California and in Florida, were responsible for establishing the personalities and setting the tone for the film's main characters. The animation leads for the main characters included Mark Henn on young Simba, Ruben A. Aquino on adult Simba, Andreas Deja on Scar, Aaron Blaise on young Nala, Anthony DeRosa on adult Nala, and Tony Fucile on Mufasa. [9] Nearly twenty minutes of the film, including the "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" sequence, [22] was animated at the Disney-MGM Studios facility. More than 600 artists, animators, and technicians contributed to The Lion King. [25] Weeks before the film's release, the 1994 Northridge earthquake shut down the studio and required the animators to complete via remote work. [52] a b c d e "Audiences to Experience Disney's "The Lion King" Like Never Before". PR News Wire. May 26, 2011. Archived from the original on May 30, 2011 . Retrieved May 26, 2011. The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016 . Retrieved May 31, 2016.Rafferty, Terrence. " The Lion King movie review". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008 . Retrieved August 13, 2008. Bacher, Hans P. (2008). Dream worlds: production design for animation. Focal Press. p.66. ISBN 978-0-240-52093-3. The Lion King was the first Disney animated feature to be an original story, rather than being based on an already-existing work. The filmmakers have said that the story of The Lion King was inspired by the Joseph and Moses stories from the Bible and William Shakespeare's Hamlet. [9] Despite these claims, the story was not based on the aforementioned works, having actually taken more inspiration from actual animal behavior. During the summer of 1992, the team was joined by screenwriter Irene Mecchi, with a second screenwriter, Jonathan Roberts, joining a few months later. Mecchi and Roberts took charge of the revision process, fixing unresolved emotional issues in the script and adding comic business for Pumbaa, Timon, and the hyenas. Lyricist Tim Rice worked closely with the writing team, flying to California at least once a month, as his songs needed to work in the narrative continuity. Rice's lyrics – which were reworked up to the production's end – were even pinned to the storyboards during development. [7] Rewrites were frequent, with animator Andreas Deja saying that completed scenes would be delivered only for the response to be that parts needed to be reanimated due to dialog changes. [3] Rubin, Rebecca (September 15, 2022). "Disney Removes 'Star Wars' Spinoff 'Rogue Squadron' From Release Calendar, Sets Dates for 'Snow White,' 'Inside Out 2' and 'Lion King' Sequel". Variety . Retrieved September 15, 2022.

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