![]() ![]() It comes at a moment when its formidable stature has shown a few cracks. A Century in Business: As part of its 100th anniversary marketing campaign, the Walt Disney Company is opening two exhibitions that will tour the globe until at least 2028. ![]() But “The Lion King” would not only change the way Disney did business, but also contribute to a shift in the industry itself. It’s also easy to forget that at the time of its release a quarter-century ago, this was one of the riskiest ventures of Disney’s history, and it was met with some resistance. That opening sequence - so iconic that the teaser trailer for Jon Favreau’s new “Lion King” remake is, in effect, a shot-for-shot recreation - is a kickoff of such brashness and bravado, feverish anticipation and enthusiastic reception, that it’s easy to read as a metaphor for “The Lion King” itself, one of the most profitable and culturally inescapable films of the 1990s. ![]() Few animated films have charged onto the screen with the confidence of Disney’s 1994 smash “The Lion King.” Eschewing opening titles, a giant red sun rising over the Serengeti filled the screen, as the soundtrack blasted the majestic opening song, “The Circle of Life.” The anthem of birth and death gathered intensity as giraffes, elephants and zebras assembled to witness the presentation of the newborn lion, who was held aloft as the music swelled the zebras stomped, the monkeys whooped, and the sun shone down upon the cub. ![]()
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