Timon and Pumbaa weren’t just random scriptwriting magic, the dynamic duo was inspired by a real-life partnership. Meerkats ...

But I got down-hearted, every time that I... Pumbaa can clear the savannah after every meal, but the warthog wasn't always so gassy. "We were doing Guys and Dolls," remembers Lane. "So, we would ...

The Lion King‘s “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” nearly sounded a whole lot different, according to Nathan Lane. The actor, who voiced the meerkat Timon alongside Ernie Sabella‘s warthog Pumbaa, ...

After nearly three decades away, a sociable little critter is returning to the party at the San Antonio Zoo. The meerkat, which departed just a couple of years after Timon lit up the screen in ...

Hakuna matata, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner: The comedy stars are both in final negotiations to join Jon Favreau’s live-action take on “The Lion King,” two individuals familiar with the project told ...

"We would record in the mornings sometimes, and we'd be a little sleepy. And Ernie, to entertain me during the recording, would make flatulent noises," Lane recalled. "While he was doing his dialogue, ...

Billy Eichner’s casting for the 2019 remake of “The Lion King” began with shock. He knew Jon Favreau a little bit; the director and his family were big fans of Eichner’s “Billy on the Street” show.

Hakuna Matata mania just reached full roar: Disney dropped its first full “The Lion King” trailer Wednesday. The new extended clip for the live-action update of the 1994 cartoon classic should come ...

Eichner plays Timon in the live action film, "The Lion King." When Billy Eichner was a struggling actor in 2002 bartending at the Broadway production of "The Lion King," he never thought he'd be ...