Disney and Jon Favreau's live-action adaptation of The Lion King has cast Last Week Tonight star John Oliver as Zazu – the little grumpy bird/royal advisor to Mufasa and Simba. Favreau, who directed ...

It’s been a short flight back and forth across Bushnell Park for puppeteer Nick LaMedica, who’s flapping his wings as the uninhibited hornbill bird Zazu in the national tour of the spectacular Disney ...

The Wrap is reporting that John Oliver has joined the cast of Walt Disney Studios' upcoming live-action remake of their 1994 classic, The Lion King. He'll voice the red-billed hornbill Zazu, who ...

"Are they morally bankrupt for doing that? Who's to say? I'll tell you: I am. I am to say. After all, I'm Zazu," said the Lion King voice actor on his show Last Week Tonight. Oliver dedicated a good ...

July 11 (UPI) --Last Week Tonight host John Oliver has been cast as Zazu in Disney's upcoming remake of The Lion King. Oliver is stepping into the role made famous by Rowan Atkinson in the original ...

The Lion King finally has its Zazu. The Wrap reports that John Oliver has joined the cast of the Disney live-action remake of the 1994 classic The Lion King. He's set to play the uptight bird Zazu who ...

The person voicing the bird - played by Rowan Atkinson in Disney’s animated original - will be John Olivier. The Wrap claims that he has been tapped to voice the supporting character, after previously ...

Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and Donald Glover are set for the Jon Favreau feature. By Mia Galuppo John Oliver has joined the cast of Jon Favreau’s Lion King movie as Zazu. Oliver is joining a voice cast ...