The remake is exactly a year away from being released. Strap in guys!
[quote="Panpardus"]An interesting bit of behind-the-scenes insight in the "What" section of this article:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ke-1123979Apparently much of the in-universe environment is a mix of digital and real-life aspects, with the final render being projected into VR for Favreau and the filmmakers to direct in. The actors, too, apparently get to walk around in the VR environment and act out at least some of their scenes, so it seems like they'll be doing a bit more than just sitting in a recording booth. I don't know if this means their lines will be recorded while they're in VR-universe together or if Favreau is just trying to get placement of the characters for the animation and sound department using motion-capture, though it would be nice if they were able to make the voiceover work feel more present in-universe. Something I've noticed about a lot of such work (I particularly noticed it in the 2016
Jungle Book) is that the characters largely sound like they're in a studio; a lot of times the voices don't interact with the environment as you'd expect them to, so it's a bit immersion breaking. Hopefully this film doesn't suffer from that quite as much.[/quote]
That was a great article that breaks down the remake. However, the writer misunderstood what J.D. McCrary (voice of cub Simba) said in that article they linked back from February. He said he has a new song titled "Inviting All of You", but it's not for the movie. You can listen to the song on YouTube.