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The Latest: Animals look hyper-realistic in ‘The Lion King”

People dressed as characters from "Hocus Pocus" attend the Disney biannual fan convention D23 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, July 14, 2017. (Matt Masin/The Orange County Register via AP) People dressed as characters from "Hocus Pocus" attend the Disney biannual fan convention D23 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, July 14, 2017. (Matt Masin/The Orange County Register via AP)

By Associated Press July 15, 2017 3 min read

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on Disney’s fan expo D23 (all times local):

12:09 p.m.

The upcoming live-action adaptation of “The Lion King” just got a little more real.

Director Jon Favreau teased about a minute of stunning footage from the film Saturday at the biannual Disney fan expo, D23, in Anaheim. The scene showed something any fan of the original would recognize as the opening: Baby Simba is lifted into the air as “The Circle of Life” plays.

Much like Favreau’s “The Jungle Book,” the animals look hyper-realistic.