“The Lion King” has announced that longtime cast member Mduduzi Madela will assume the role of Simba, starting on Feb. 24. Vincent Jamal Hooper played his final performance as Simba on Feb. 4. Madela ...

Whoopi Goldberg, who lent her voice to Shenzi the cunning hyena in the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King, is lambasting President Donald Trump for the racist AI video he shared that depicted Barack ...

The costumes brought “The Lion King” alive. I thought some of the actors were real animals, because their costumes were super duper good and hand-made amazingly. The back legs of the hyena costumes ...

A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits. A production of “The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Roger Allers, a veteran Disney filmmaker who co-directed the original “The Lion King,” died Saturday. He was 76.

LOS ANGELES, California — Roger Allers, the American animator, director and storyteller best known for co-directing Disney’s “The Lion King,” has died at 76, Entertainment Weekly reported. Allers, ...

Roger Allers, an animator, director, storyboard artist, and writer whose career helped define a chapter of modern American feature animation history, died on January 17. He was 76. Allers was best ...

Roger Allers, the Oscar-nominated animated filmmaker who co-directed Disney's 1994 blockbuster hit "The Lion King," has died, the company's CEO announced. He was 76. Allers died Jan. 17 following "a ...

Roger Allers, the filmmaker and animator best known for co-directing the 1994 Disney classic "The Lion King," and writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway adaption of the movie, has died, according to ...

Roger Allers, a longtime Disney writer and the co-director of the 1994 animated classic “The Lion King,” has died. He was 76. Allers’ death was confirmed by veteran visual effects supervisor Dave ...

Allers, who received an Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films including 'Aladdin,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Little Mermaid.' By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital Roger Allers, the ...