Some people will react that way. Some people won't.

I don’t understand why almost the entire voice cast is black. Is Disney insinuating something??...

Well it takes place in Africa. Did you see any white people in Wakanda?

It's lions and hyenas and toucans, not people. And Wakanda was created by a white Jewish guy so...

Uh huh. Why do you have an issue with a mostly black voice cast? The original had a mostly white voice cast.

I just don’t like that Beyonce is in it. Donald Glover will do a great job.

You do know that Donald Glover is just as liberal as Beyonce, right?

I would like to know why it bothers you that almost the entire voice cast is black.

I don’t dislike actors because of their political beliefs. I disagree with 95% of them. Beyonce simply can’t act, and is incredibly obnoxious and narcissistic. And I prefer her older more poppy style. I hate hip hop.

How many of her 6 films have you seen? Her 1 voice acting film? Does one have to be a good actor to do a voice?

What does her supposed narcissism have to do with watching a movie? How is she obnoxious? She's rarely active on social media, and doesn't do a ton of interviews (lately). Are you just annoyed because she's a strong, black woman? Is she going to sing the Lion King songs in a hip hop style? Because they were pretty poppy in the original.

The original had a multiracial voice cast. I don't really have an 'issue' with it, I like most of the people in this new one (Beyonce is a good choice because she can actually sing so no Emma Watson 2.0 situation), I'm just wondering why. It's obviously a deliberate choice. I don't know of any other animated films starring talking animals that have had all the main characters cast with black voice actors. The only white voice actors are the ones portraying the comic relief (Timon, Pumba, Zazu). I'm just wondering what is the reasoning for it.

You know the reason for it. It's set in Africa and Africans are black, and Disney wants NOTHING to go wrong with this film, so they are avoiding any "whitewashing controversy" like the fucking plague.

But that's precisely what I don't get. Whitewashing? This is a movie about animals from the savannah.

Shows you how scared they are of Internet SJWs.

Since we got Dumbo just now, I'm gonna guess we'll get Aladdin with Christopher Robin, and then maybe Lion King with Nutcracker or Wreck It Ralph 2?

Yes I forgot about Aladdin. November sounds about right for the TLK trailer. I wonder if they'll replicate the original's opening scene trailer?

And it still mystifies me that even after the Star Wars lesson, Disney is willing to open live action remakes of the highest grossing films of 1992 and1994 in the same summer! Just two months apart!

I didn't realize Aladdin was opening two months before this. That's going to affect the demand and gross. Downward

Makes absolutely no sense to put their two most iconic nineties renaissance animation movies so close to each other.

Surely TLK will move back a year?

2 months between Dumbo and Aladdin and another 2 months to TLK can't possibly remain.

Pure unadultered greed.

They be idiots not to space them out more

Idk, Black Panther and Infinity War were only two-ish months apart. And Ant-Man/Wasp only two-ish months after Infinity War.

I think Secret Life of Pets 2 and Toy Story 4 are a bigger issue for Lion King. Avengers, Pikachu, Aladdin in May is already crazy, but then two more $300m+ grossers in June? And then there's Spider-Man on July 4th which has huge family appeal. It's too many four quadrant uber blockbusters before it. Families can't spend $80 on a night out (that's what it costs for four people w/ popcorn and drinks in a big city) eight times during the summer. Coming last it will not maximize its gross. Remember that Jungle Book and Beauty came out in March.

And before you laugh at me for including Detective Pikachu in that list, do you really think the first live action Pokemon film isn't going to be a big deal? When the trailer gets 100m views don't act surprised.

Lots of hints out there that the trailer is dropping during an NFL game on FOX tomorrow.

A teaser that will show nothing again. Yay