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Allers, who received an Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films including 'Aladdin,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Little Mermaid.' By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital Roger Allers, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roger Allers (Photo credit: Getty Images) Roger Allers, a genuine legend in animation best known for directing 1994’s smash “The ...

Lion cub Simba and the melancholic Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, have much more in common than you might think.

Disney's The Lion King is an incredible animated film, and without a doubt, one of the best movies the company released in that era. There are a lot of memorable moments that stick with me to this day ...

A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits. A production of “The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Roger Allers, a veteran Disney filmmaker who co-directed the original “The Lion King,” died Saturday. He was 76.

I would be happy to do other shows and opera again,” Karl Shymanovitz said. “But honest to God truth — ‘The Lion King’ runs forever and ever and ever. There’s ...

New York’s Broadway shows have long since been popular with audiences but one show stands out—The Lion King. It opened on Broadway in 1997 and almost 30 years later, it’s still a fan favorite.

Roger Allers, the filmmaker and animator best known for co-directing the 1994 Disney classic "The Lion King," and writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway adaption of the movie, has died, according to ...