The French movie "The Lion King" (King) is based on the theme of a young lion's journey of looking for a home over 3,000 kilometers across France and Africa, bringing out a touching and tearful family relationship between grandfather and grandson. Even more, the animal protection issue of smuggling and trafficking lions has attracted the attention of the audience. After the film was released in France, it sold 120 million Taiwan dollars at the box office. The 6-month-old lion cub participated in the performance. In the film, he was lucky enough to meet the help of his enthusiastic siblings and decided to escort him back to his hometown of Africa. On the way, he was helped by his brother and sister's grandfather, and the three grandparents started a show in France. An exciting and touching adventure.
"Little Lion King" boldly uses a 6-month-old lion cub as the leading role in the movie. Director David Moreau said that because the cub grows quickly, it can be made in just a few months. It has undergone great changes, so there is no way to confirm the lion who will participate in the performance in advance, and it was quickly finalized almost on the eve of the start of filming. This little lion, who has the same background as the character, will star. And Lou Lambrecht, the heroine who interacts most closely with "Jin" in the film, also spends 24 hours a day with "Jin" especially in the first two weeks of filming, so that he can familiarize himself with his own scent. Make movie shooting more smoothly. What's interesting is that "Jin" is not only not afraid of the camera at all in front of the camera, but actively responds to every scene, allowing the director to easily capture the cute and emotional expressions of animals, becoming the actor with the least NG in the film, and the crew praised them. The lion, only a few months old, is a "natural actor".
"Little Lion King", although the cute and amazing little lion "Jin" plays the leading role, there are still some scenes in the film that are difficult for real lions to complete. The director specially invited Mathematic Studio, the top special effects company in France. Come on out and create a special effect double for this lion cub. The company has not only created gorgeous and dazzling MV effects for Coldplay and Harry Styles, but also worked on the visual effects of Hollywood superstar Brandon Fisher's new work "The Whale". . This time, in "Little Lion King", a 3D model was used to create a lifelike lion avatar, which successfully completed many designated actions that real animals could not easily complete, and the highly skilled visual effects were almost real. After watching the premiere He also exclaimed, "I can't tell when it's a special effect stand-in at all!" The little lion king "Jin", who showed wonderful acting skills in the
film, successfully returned to the wild animals in Africa with the assistance of the crew after the filming ended. Protected area , professionally nurtured and returned to nature. The producer and director said in an interview a few days ago that although the story of "Little Lion King" was inspired by Disney's classic animation "The Lion King" and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi film "E.T. Alien ", they are not When doing field research on the script, I accidentally discovered that the natural enemy of the lion is not the more ferocious animals in nature, but the greedy and unrestrained human nature.
