India, July 21 -- 'The Lion King' director Jon Favreau recently opened up about remaking the 1994 classic and also talked about working with singer Beyonce during an interview for 'The Big Ticket' podcast's two-episode 'Lion King' special.

The idea of remaking 'The Lion King' struck Favreau while he was making the 2016 live-action adaptation of 'The Jungle Book'.

"I knew that with the tools that we had and what the technology had to offer and the team that had done such a great job on 'Jungle Book' that there was an opportunity here to show the naturalism of that world," Favreau said during the an interview.

"I understood how to make animals act and talk through animation. I understood how to direct animation too because there were som...