I'm starting to get the impression with more thought, that perhaps we could look at it on a different level. There are a lot of films nowadays that aren't even fully live action; and that they use some sort of CGI, whether it's to touch it up or to add many things. Maybe we should use a different term to explain the upcoming reboot, as considering Jon Faverau's previous Disney film being a pioneering achievement in Computer Generated Imagery..maybe we should call it; in a coined term that I saw on Twitter, "Photorealistic".
Examples of this could be very well like as mentioned on the beginning of the thread, how Christmas Carol is like this. Hell, you can even say films like Tintin, The Polar Express, and most recently; The Jungle Book have done in the terms of realistic animations. With Faverau apart of the project; I expect it to be very similar in the terms of how Jungle Book is used in the making of the film, and the overall execution. I also wouldn't be surprised that the same team that has done TJB is going to be attached to TLK in terms of all the effects.
Perhap's that's my two cents, but that's something that I need to bring up.
Another thing..is that I wonder who will they cast as Scar. Could they go for a new, talented actor (like how Donald is); or could they go with the same one that took center stage with the role (like how James Earl is in that category), Jeremy Irons. Either way, I am very interested to see who they cast for Scar. Another thing, is if they bring additional songs into the mix from the Broadway version that was cut from the original movie..