Question: The Light in the Forest and The Lion King, were both influenced by other written works?

Context articles: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Timon &amp; Pumbaa (TV series)
The Lion King
The Lion King Celebration
The Lion King 1½
The Legend of the Lion King
The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure
The Light in the Forest (film)
The Lion Guard
Simba

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video romantic musical film and a sequel to Disney's 1994 animated feature film, "The Lion King".
 The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
 According to Rooney, the final draft gradually became a variation of "Romeo and Juliet".
The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa, is an American animated television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation.
 Based on the 1994 Disney animated film "The Lion King", it centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog, as they live their problem-free philosophy Hakuna Matata.
 The show ran for three seasons on CBS, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and in syndication as a part of "The Disney Afternoon".
 It aired from September 8, 1995 to September 24, 1999.
 It is also the first "Lion King" related media to show humans, as humans were not present in the movie.
 It is the first of two television series to be based on the film, the second being "The Lion Guard".
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
 It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film, and the fifth animated film produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance.
 "The Lion King" was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton.
 Its original songs were written by composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice, and original scores were written by Hans Zimmer.
 The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings.
 The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
The Lion King Celebration was a parade based on the animated film "The Lion King".
 It was designed to tell story of Simba, the protagonist of "The Lion King", as if it were a tale passed down in Africa for generations.
 Its parade featured six floats designed around different aspects of Africa, dancers dressed in animal costumes and a Pride Rock float featuring Simba and Nala.
 The parade ran at Disneyland from June 1, 1994 to June 1, 1997, after which four of the floats were moved to Disney's Animal Kingdom for the Festival of the Lion King show.
The Lion King 1½ (known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata outside of North America) is a 2004 American direct-to-video animated comedy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on February 10, 2004.
 The film was also theatrically released internationally and in selected cities in the United States.
 It is the third film in the "Lion King" media franchise.
 The film focuses on the meerkat/warthog duo Timon and Pumbaa and their escapades taking place before, during and after the events of "The Lion King".
 Much of the original cast from the first film returns in this film to reprise their roles, including Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as Timon and Pumbaa, respectively.
The Legend of The Lion King is the name of former attractions hosted at both Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Florida and in Disneyland Paris.
 Although both shows were inspired by the hit Disney film The Lion King they took on two different performance styles.
 The Legend of the Lion King Show at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort was a stage performance retelling the story of the film using life size puppets, while the show at Disneyland Paris was a Broadway inspired performance that used human actors and featured popular songs from the movie.
The Lion King: Simba′s Mighty Adventure is an adventure platformer video game based on Walt Disney Pictures′ animated film "The Lion King".
 It was developed in a collaboration between Torus Games and Paradox Development, and published by Activision.
 It was released for Game Boy Color and PlayStation in March 2000.
 Unlike the previous "The Lion King" video game, it adhered more closely to the events in the film and the storyline carried on into "", with Simba having to battle his evil uncle Scar, rescue his daughter Kiara (the protagonist from "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride"), and finally battle Zira.
The Light in the Forest is a 1958 film based on a novel of the same name first published in 1953 by U.S. author Conrad Richter.
 The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and starred Fess Parker, Joanne Dru, James MacArthur, and Wendell Corey.
 Though it is a work of fiction and primarily features fictional characters, the novel incorporates several real people and facts from U.S. history.
The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley based on Disney's 1994 film "The Lion King."
 The series was first broadcast with a television movie, titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015, and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016, on Disney Junior and Disney Channel.
 It is the second television series to be based on "The Lion King," the first being "Timon & Pumbaa" (1995–1999).
 "The Lion Guard" is a sequel to "The Lion King" and takes place during the time-gap within the 1998 film "."
Simba is a fictional character who appears in Disney's "The Lion King" franchise.
 Introduced in Walt Disney Animation's 32nd animated feature film "The Lion King" (1994), the character subsequently appears in its sequels "" (1998) and "The Lion King 1½" (2004).