I'm curious about how this will be filmed. All CGI for the animals? Or would they do it like the Broadway play (which is excellent) using actors in costumes? Or would it be like The Jungle Book with some CGI/animation and some live actors? Interesting.
A stupendously rotten idea, which would stick out, towering as a beacon of bad taste, except Disney especially has apparently created a full time factory production line for pillaging the catalog of precious animated childhood delights, rebooting them needlessly, except for the only reason that they need; $.
As for Zimmer’s score, per the press release he “wanted to approach the score differently for the new film and enlisted the Re-Collective Orchestra (led by founders Matt Jones and Stephanie Matthews), along with the Hollywood Studio Symphony (comprised of Los Angeles-based session players), and his band. The goal was to rehearse and record the score like a live concert performance.” So while Zimmer did indeed return and revisits themes he created for the 1994 film, it was crafted with a bit of a different flavor.
