Can you feel the love tonight? Well, it's all up in Jon Favreau's Twitter feed. 。

The director announced Friday night that Donald Glover will be playing Simba in the live-action remake of the beloved Disney classic 。 The Lion King 。alongside the actor who voiced the original Mufasa.。

The Twitter announcement had Glover (。Atlanta)。fans swooning and tossing as many 。 Lion King 。GIFs at Favreau as possible. James Earl Jones, who voiced Simba's ill-fated father Mufasa in the original cartoon, will be back in the same role. 。

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Tweet may have been deleted。 Not much else is known about the movie from Walt Disney Studios. The movie, expected out around 2020, might be similar in style to Favreau's
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remake from last year.
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It seems fitting Favreau referenced the beloved song "I just can't wait to be king" to announce Glover's role -- the new film will include songs from the 1994 cartoon movie. Fans on Twitter were clamoring for Glover's musical act, Childish Gambino, to remix the iconic tune.
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So now who's going to play Timon and Pumbaa?

So now who's going to play Timon and Pumbaa? Twitter's armchair casting directors have some suggestions:。

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