The Lion King is currently beeing reformated, to prepare it for the IMAX format.
It is scheduled to open in IMAX-theatres arround the world on December 25th, 2002, as “The Beauty and The Beast” did it last year.
This will be followed by a DVD-release in October 2003, in the series of Disney “Platinum Collection”.
“Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs”, have allready been released in 2001, and “The Beauty and The Beast” is scheduled to be released on October 8th, this fall.