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Should they be classified as animated movies or live action?

In anexclusive interviewwith GamesRadar+ and Total Film, Jenkins gives a very definitive answer about Mufasa.

mufasa the lion king

“Absolutely, yeah, it’s an animated film,” he asserts.

And so because of that, I don’t think of it as live action.

I do think of it as animation…

Mufasa: The Lion King

It’s just a very different tool."

After all, and even with its photorealistic style, the film was almost completely made with a computer.

Mufasa: The Lion King arrives on December 20, 2024.

How to Train Your Dragon

While you wait, check out our guide to all theupcoming Disney movies.

How to Train Your Dragon trailer

Shrek 5 teaser

Shrek and Sonic side by side

Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

Deadpool

Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer still showing the D-Rex

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

Hawkeye

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in Speed

Gabriel Luna as Tommy in The Last of Us

Oblivion Remastered "Sir Vancealot"

Skyblivion

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Jonah Hauer-King as Conrad in Doctor Who: ‘Lucky Day’.