Donald Glover, who makes music under the name Childish Gambino, will voice the character of Simba in the highly anticipated live-action remake of Disney's 'The Lion King'. 

Director Jon Favreau, who was also responsible for the live-action remake of 'The Jungle Book', tweeted a photograph of Glover and accompanied it with the following caption: "I just can’t wait to be king. #Simba."

He also confirmed that James Earl Jones will reprise his role as Mufasa, Simba's father. 

Glover, meanwhile, won Best Actor in a TV Series at the 2017 Golden Globes for his role in the show 'Atlanta'. During his acceptance speech, he said: "I really want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press and FX. You guys, thank you so much. I grew up in a house where magic wasn’t allowed, so everybody in here is like magical to me."

"Like every time I saw a movie or Disney movies or heard your voices or saw you I was like, ‘Oh magic is from people'. We’re the ones who kind of–in a real way–tell a story, or lie to children so they do stuff that we never thought was possible."

Watch footage of Glover collecting his Golden Globe prize here: