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The Lion King (2019) is given a PG age rating in the UK for mild threat, violence

The Lion King (2019) is given a PG age rating in the UK for mild threat, violence
The Lion King
The live action remakes continue to roll out from Disney and next up is The Lion King which has been given a PG age rating.

PG Age Rating

The new film is directed by Jon Favreau and stars among many others, the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogan and Beyonce Knowles.

Favreau's last live action remake for Disney was The Jungle Book which took £46 Million in 2016, so high expectations are already set for this.

The films has been given its PG age rating for mild threat, violence and it has a runtime of 118 minutes (1 hour 58 minutes).

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