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Protests were raised against one scene where it appears as if the word "SEX" might have been embedded into the dust flying in the sky when Simba flops down, [205] which conservative activist Donald Wildmon asserted was a subliminal message intended to promote sexual promiscuity. Animator Tom Sito has stated that the letters spell "SFX" (a common abbreviation for " special effects"), not with an "E" instead of the "F", and were intended as an innocent "signature" created by the effects animation team. [206] Kroyer, Bill; Sito, Tom (2019). "Roger Allers Interview". In Diamond, Ron (ed.). On Animation: The Director's Perspective—Volume 1. CRC Press. pp.255–292. ISBN 978-1-138-06653-3.

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Following the success of the Māori dub of Moana, a Māori version of The Lion King was announced in 2021, and released theatrically on June 23, 2022, to align with the Māori holiday of Matariki. [87] [88] Much of the Matewa Media production team, including producer Chelsea Winstanley, director Tweedie Waititi, and co-musical director Rob Ruha had previously worked on the Māori language version of Moana. [89] The Lion King Reo Māori is the first time a language adaptation has translated Elton John's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" for the ending credits. [85] Re-releases IMAX and large-format Sometime later, Linda Woolverton, who was also writing Beauty and the Beast (1991), spent a year writing several drafts of the script, which was titled King of the Beasts and then King of the Jungle. [21] The original version of the film was vastly different from the final product. The plot centered on a battle between lions and baboons, with Scar being the leader of the baboons, Rafiki being a cheetah, [17] and Timon and Pumbaa being Simba's childhood friends. [22] Simba would not only leave the kingdom but become a "lazy, slovenly, horrible character" due to manipulations from Scar, so Simba could be overthrown after coming of age. [23] By 1990, producer Thomas Schumacher, who had just completed The Rescuers Down Under (1990), decided to attach himself to the project "because lions are cool". [21] Schumacher likened the King of the Jungle script to "an animated National Geographic special". [24] a b Redmond, Aiden (September 15, 2011). "Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones on 'The Lion King 3D' and Keeping It Together When Mufasa Dies". Moviefone. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016 . Retrieved April 5, 2014. In 2008, The Lion King was ranked as the 319th greatest film ever made by Empire magazine, [178] and in June 2011, TIME named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films". [179] In June 2008, the American Film Institute listed The Lion King as the fourth best film in the animation genre in its AFI's 10 Top 10 list, [180] having previously put "Hakuna Matata" as 99th on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs ranking. [181] Brew, Simon (November 8, 2019). "How 1994's The Lion King had to be completed in people's spare rooms". Film Stories.But the new Disney movie didn't make everyone happy. We've covered the original writers' grievances with how they get no credit on the story, but now some new victims have stepped forward.