For a generation of viewers, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons are comfort watches, not political texts. A new academic analysis argues that these same films quietly teach children to see ...

For a lot of adults, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons live in a mental file labeled "comfort viewing," not "racial politics." A group of Professors is trying to pry open that file, arguing ...

Just as the original animated film "The Lion King" celebrates its 25th anniversary, tickets are on sale for the new version of the film out this summer. The film has an all-star cast behind it: ...

With breathtaking aesthetics and joyous performances, the audacious adaptation – now almost 30 years old – is greater than the sum of its parts ...

Dialogue of the day: The Lion King screenplay follows a Simba - a young lion, who is exiled from his kingdom after his father ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roger Allers, the Oscar- and Tony-nominated animated film director best known for helming 1994’s The Lion King, died Saturday. He ...

Tickets for the return engagement of Disney’s The Lion King in Cleveland will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m. Cleveland’s most eagerly awaited return will once again ...

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, ...

Tony Bancroft, the award-winning veteran animator, director and producer whose credits include classic Disney films such as ...