Experience the epic story of how an orphan became a King. #Mufasa: The Lion King, only in theaters December 20.
Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, “Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.
New and returning cast members were called on to lend their voices to the film:
– Aaron Pierre as Mufasa
– Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Taka, a lion prince with a bright future who accepts Mufasa into his family as a brother
– Tiffany Boone as Sarabi
– Kagiso Lediga as Young Rafiki
– Preston Nyman as Zazu
– Mads Mikkelsen as Kiros, a formidable lion with big plans for his pride
– Thandiwe Newton as Taka’s mother, Eshe
– Lennie James as Taka’s father, Obasi
– Anika Noni Rose as Mufasa’s mother, Afia
– Keith David as Mufasa’s father, Masego
– John Kani as Rafiki
– Seth Rogen as Pumbaa
– Billy Eichner as Timon
– Donald Glover as Simba
– Introducing Blue Ivy Carter as Kiara, daughter of King Simba and Queen Nala
– And Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala
Additional casting includes Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Folake Olowofoyeku, Joanna Jones, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, Abdul Salis and Dominique Jennings.
With an all-star roster of talent bringing new and fan-favorite characters to life, the film also has celebrated award-winning songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing the film’s songs produced by Mark Mancina and Miranda, with additional music and performances by Lebo M.
Said Miranda, “Elton John. Tim Rice. Hans Zimmer. Lebo M. Mark Mancina. Beyoncé, Labrinth, Ilya Salmanzadeh. Beau Black, Ford Riley, the incredible music team on ‘The Lion Guard,’ and so many musical contributors over the years. ‘The Lion King’ has an incredible musical legacy with music from some of the greatest songwriters around, and I’m humbled and proud to be a part of it. It’s been a joy working alongside Barry Jenkins to bring Mufasa’s story to life, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience this film in theaters.”
Blending live-action filmmaking techniques with photoreal computer-generated imagery, “Mufasa: The Lion King” is directed by Barry Jenkins, produced by Adele Romanski & Mark Ceryak, and executive produced by Peter Tobyansen.
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Kiros is an interesting new villain.
Also, this kind of tragically redeems Scar.
This better be good this time, don't disappoint us with this. I mean it looks promising…but please don't disappoint us Disney…*again*
Kion from The Lion Guard is Simba and Nala's second child.
Who is watching in 2030💀
So soulless. These scenes would have looked so expressive and beautiful had they been animated. Instead we get this badly cgi'd, overly bright, badly voice acted turd with an inflated budget. But hey "blue" is in it! Barf.
What if The Lion King Special Edition and The Lion King 1 1/2 played back-to-back together before The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride?
This look more like a cartoon than the last one
There will one lion king, why does that give me Shere khan vibes
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
Are those white lions from another rival clan?
Hakuna Matata; Swahili for No Worries also played in Toy Story as Molly saw Woody, Buzz and RC being hauled by the moving truck.
Ngl, I'm pretty hyped for this movie. I know most of the voice actors are gone and it's not the original animation, but I really want to see their story and I feel like Disney can get this one right.
Mufasa and scar were best brother but later scar become villain and murdered him.
Simba's name means Lion in Swahili like Belle's name is French for Beauty.
I'm gonna take my cat to watch this in theaters
Woke at it's finest.
like a lion im a sigma guys stand back alright……… its going to get dark
Like Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy, the photorealistic versions of The Lion King characters lacked facial expressions.
So mufasa wasn’t the rightful king. Oh ok.
Beautiful !
The animals of The Lion King will cameo in Realistic Cartoon Alliance.
It seems they took the criticisms from the first film about the emotionless faces and actually improved on them, kudos, that actually makes me more willing to watch this😄
Is zazu a.i
1:32 Kimba, the white lion.
I wish they made scar and mufasa blood-related, how come they took that away here? 😢
they made mufasa an usurper…🙃
The Lion King was also the last of three Disney films with computer animation amongst traditional animation. It's also a Disney Renaissance film; one of eight Disney Renaissance films.
Does anyone not gonna talk about the fact that animals have ACTUAL expressions this time?
If a grassland makes a great kingdom, so can a beach and a playground.
Even though the changes the back story, I can’t lie that I am every intrigued
What’s with the terrible voice acting in this one?! They really don’t match the characters, it’s as if they phoned it in!
Shoulda stuck with the original story woulda made a better movie imo
King Ahadi dealing with the drought while trying to raise mufasa and scar as worthy kings. Scars jealousy tearing the brothers relationship apart🤷♂️
Since The Lion King 1 1/2 was shown in a theater, Time Shift will do the same.
This should be interesting to check out honestly. 😁