The Lion King is set to roar onto ODEON cinemas screens this Friday

This week ODEON cinemas nationwide welcome an old Disney classic back onto the big screen. The Lion King will return on July 19 in a new photorealistic computer animated form. The iconic family film voice cast include names such as, Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Seth Rogan, Billy Eichner, John Oliver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard as well as James Earl Jones who returns as the voice of Mufasa. With a beautiful soundtrack, moving story and star studded cast it’s a film for all ages to enjoy. 

Composer Hans Zimmer said of the movies score, “I knew we had a story to tell. It didn’t really matter if you didn’t understand the words, you knew that whatever they were, they were incredibly important. The story is still vital, and we have to make people hear it.”

ODEON cinemas have brilliant family ticket deals available in all eleven ODEON cinemas nationwide (Dublin: Blanchardstown, Charlestown, Coolock, Point Square, Stillorgan), Cavan, Limerick, Naas, Newbridge, Portlaoise and Waterford). ODEON’s offers include, Grown Ups Pay Kids’ Prices with the family ticket (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children) and for the older kids in the family ODEON has its teen ticket price, which means the whole family is covered.

ODEON’s iSense is the perfect place to sit back and experience The Lion King. iSense is ODEON’s premier film experience, designed with cutting-edge technology that allows ODEON guests to see every detail and hear every sound exactly as it was intended. 

Dolby Atmos 3D sound complements a vast floor-ceiling and wall-to-wall screen that’s acts as the perfect canvas for iSense's state of-the-art 4K digital projectors: four times the resolution of standard projectors, which deliver an even brighter, more detailed picture for a breathtakingly real spectacle.

 ​​​​​​Sinead O’Neill, Marketing Manager said, “The story of Simba is one that moviegoers of any age can enjoy. It really does transport you to the plains of Africa."