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Entertainment Weekly"]Though they’re still in early days of filming, Kani revealed they've been doing extensive tests to perfect the combination of live action and digital animation required to bring the beloved pride lands characters to life. “We’ve done a couple of test runs with hand-drawn animation where we work on the character of the animal you are going to voice," he said.[/quote]
I know it's for tests, but does this mean they are using live-action for the backgrounds in the final film? During production of
The Jungle Book (2016), they used live-action backgrounds as reference for the digital mattes. I assumed they would do the same for
The Lion King.
Other than that, John Kani is an excellent choice for Rafiki. I can't wait to see more of him in
Black Panther.