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There is no explicit word on when The Lion King or its sequels will appear in Blu-Ray, but if the DVD rollout plan of several years ago is any indication, it won't be the second in line. However, we can be pretty well assured that Disney will be taking full advantage of all that space available on the new format to throw in all kinds of new special features, to a level that will put to shame the DVD release and even the legendary old Deluxe Laserdisc Edition.
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The Lion King: The Broadway Musical first premiered at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, on July 8, 1997. Due to critical acclaim and immense popularity it is now playing at the New Amsterdam Theater on Broadway. Disney movie studios was doing terribly financially until they released the animated feature, The Lion King. It broke box office records and even won academy awards for its superb songs. This musical version of Disneys most popular animated feature ever has drawn critical acclaim and reviews for its amazing special effects and incredible staging.
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Fact: The rights to Kimba the White Lion were tied up in legal battles for many years, beginning when the original production company, Mushi Productions, went bankrupt in 1973. NBC was forced by the FCC to sell its rights before its original contract expired in 1978. Nobody knew who had the US rights to Kimba from 1978 on. However, there was some sort of action in 1993 that led to the production of a new English-language version of Kimba -- the "1993 version" that has been shown around the world and is now on the air in the U.S.
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The film stars Pell James (The King, Uptown Girls), Steven Strait (Sky High) and Ashlee Simpson (Seventh Heaven, The Ashlee Simpson Show), making her feature film debut. Also starring Shannyn Sossamon (40 Days and 40 Nights, A Knights Tale), Fisher Stevens (The Flamingo Kid, Hackers) and Carrie Fisher (Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally) with Kip Pardue (Remember The Titans, Thirteen). Meiert Avis, the acclaimed music video director and documentary filmmaker who has worked extensively with U2, Melissa Etheridge, Bruce Springsteen and Audio Slave, directs. He was recently nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for best breakthrough video for New Found Glory's "All Down Hill From Here." The film is being produced by Michael Burns of Lions Gate; Tom Rosenberg and Gary Luchessi of Lakeshore Entertainment; Michael Ohoven and Marco Mehlitz for Cinerenta, executive produced by Joe Simpson and Eberhard Kayser, and will be photographed by Danny Hiele.
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