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.

The actors return as the iconic meerkat and warthog in 'The Lion King' film, directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone and Blue Ivy Carter. By Kirsten ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

When we saw this photo we immediately thought of the quirky best friends, Timon and Pumbaa, featured in the classic Disney movie "The Lion King." Do you see the resemblance? The meerkat seems to ...

As children, we might have all fallen in love with the meerkat Timon from The Lion King, but as it turns out, meerkats aren't all "Hakuna Matata!" in real life. In fact, they're down right scary; ...

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 ...