Popsugar Entertainment Twitter Reactions Is the Disney Lion King Remake Animated? For Everyone Who Thought Disney's Lion King Remake Was Going to Be Live-Action . . . 1 December 2018 by Kelsey Garcia First Published: 26 November 2018 Image Source: Walt Disney Studios If you expected to see Donald Glover and Beyoncé appear in Disney's Lion King remake in the literal sense, chances are you were surprised by the first trailer. While the highly anticipated movie has been colloquially referred to as a live-action remake, similar to the previous Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast remakes, the truth is that it's still technically an animated movie — except with way better technology than the 1994 original. In an early interview with Coming Soon following the initial announcement of the movie, director Jon Favreau said he would be relying on similar photorealistic computer-generated animation and virtual reality technology to that he used in his 2016 remake of The Jungle Book. This, of course, differs from the traditional hand-drawn animation used in Disney classics. While it's a shame we won't get to literally see the star-studded cast, it's probably for the best they're not just roaming around in masks à la Lion King the Broadway musical. Ahead, read reactions from others who were confused by the whole live-action vs. animation mix-up. Related: It's the Circle of a Live-Action Remake — Here's a First Look at the Cast of the Lion King 1 / 9 I thought the live action lion king meant that the actors were going to wear costumes like in the stage musical. Imagine my surprise.— roxane gay (@rgay) November 25, 2018 2 / 9 wow I just watched that new lion king trailer and I completely misunderstood what live action meant because I kept waiting for beyonce to appear in a lion costume— anaïs e-m (@anaees) November 24, 2018 3 / 9 I do not understand how the new Lion King is considered live action if every single person in it is a CGI animal but also I don’t want anyone to explain it to me.— MehGyver (@AndrewNadeau0) November 23, 2018 4 / 9 *whispers* The new lion king is not live action, it’s just really nice animation— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) November 23, 2018 5 / 9 You: "Can't wait to see the live action Lion King!"Animators that spent 22 months working on it: pic.twitter.com/qC4rpGn0EP— Jeff May the Christmas Dracula (@heytherejeffro) November 24, 2018 6 / 9 the! new! lion! king! is! not! live! action! it's! just! a! different! type! of! animation!— eliza 💚 (@whatsshecalled) November 23, 2018 7 / 9 ME: H-GUY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD: Actually the new Lion King isn’t “Live Action” at all, just like the original Disney movie it is also “animated”.— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) November 25, 2018 8 / 9 me @ animation twitter live action lion king discourse pic.twitter.com/xG3dga8TVb— - ̗̀ Xyle @ HolMat ̖́- (@notxyle) November 24, 2018 9 / 9 Twitter ReactionsDisney MoviesThe Lion KingMoviesDisney