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Hmcooper4 wrote: Lion King is, if I recall, basically loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. So, if that is the case, there is already original story with human characters to draw from.

However, if they were to draw from Shakespeare, I think I'd rather see them pull 'A Mid-Summer Nights Dream'. Midsummer's Night Dream is most fairytale-ish, but Romeo and Juliet are more famous. Honestly though, Shakespeare works need their own spin-off.