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Beyonce joins Donald Glover in the live-action remake of 'The Lion King', Beyhive can't handle it!

Fans of Beyonce and Childish Gambino cannot wait for the soundtrack of the movie that is set to release in summer of 2019.

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FILE PHOTO - This file photo taken on May 02, 2016 shows Beyonce arriving for the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Beyonce, actor James Earl Jones and comedian John Oliver are joining the cast of Walt Disney's new live-action film version of the The Lion King", the studio said.

Directed by Jon Favreau, the movie follows the storyline of the 1994 animated film, in which a young lion named Simba grows up on the African savanna after his uncle Scar conspires to usurp his father Mufasa's place as king.

Jones reprises his role as Mufasa, while the young Simba is voiced by Donald Glover, who recently starred in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Chiwetel Ejiofor, lead actor in Twelve Years A Slave, takes the role of the villainous Scar.

Beyonce plays Simba's childhood friend and love interest Nala, while Golden Globe-winning actress Alfre Woodard voices the character of Simba's mother Sarabi.

Comedian Seth Rogen takes on the character of Simba's warthog friend Pumbaa, while Oliver plays Zazu, the hornbill adviser to Mufasa.

"It is a director's dream to assemble a talented team like this to bring this classic story to life," said Favreau, who has also directed Disney's The Jungle Book live-action remake, which saw actors interacting with characters enhanced by computer-generated imagery.

The film is expected to hit US theatres on July 19, 2019.

The announcement shook the Twitterverse. Speculations about Beyonce finally winning an Oscar and reaching halfway through EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) collection resurfaced after her visual album Lemonade didn't win at the Emmys 2016. Fans also tweeted about looking forward to the soundtrack since it involves Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino who might collaborate with Beyonce on an OST composed by none other than Hans Zimmer. Check out the reactions below - 

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