by Panpardus » February 13th, 2018, 7:02 am
I'm all for them holding off on showing that footage until at least November. Disney probably wants to get at least the MCU stuff out of the way first, so they'll probably hold off until Ant-Man and the Wasp is out in July. I get the feeling that they might not even show the "Circle of Life" clip when they finally start putting stuff online - in fact, I think they really should just save it for the actual movie premiere. The biggest draw is obviously the spectacle of seeing Disney outdo their 2016 Jungle Book animation on the big screen (and that was pretty dang good), so I'd be fine if they spoiled as little of it as possible and their entire marketing campaign was just cast interviews, some concept art, a bit of the score and soundtrack, maybe some stills from the finished product, and a single, minimal trailer. It's not like people the world over don't at least know of The Lion King, so I don't think they really have to show too much off.