Mufasa: The Lion King is roaring into theaters quickly.
On the D23 fan occasion held in Anaheim, Calif. on Aug. 9, Walt Disney Studios unveiled a brand new full trailer for the film, a prequel to 2019’s blockbuster live-action reimagining of The Lion King.
A earlier teaser for Mufasa debuted in April, that includes narration from Rafiki and a primary take a look at younger Mufasa set to the “Circle of Life” track.
Mufasa will take viewers by way of the character’s origin story as he goes from an orphaned cub to the legendary king of the Satisfaction Lands. It can additionally inform the story of his relationship together with his brother Taka, in any other case identified to followers as Scar.
Kiara, the daughter of Simba and Nala, is in components of the movie, as are Timon and Pumbaa.
“What you will study from the story is that Mufasa is who he’s … due to the household and the chums that he has,” director Barry Jenkins stated at Disney’s D23 Expo again in 2022. “And so I noticed myself in that. I assumed: ‘This can be a actually stunning story to inform.’ ”
The return of the much-loved animated movie may even embrace the actors who voiced the characters within the 2019 installment. Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, John Kani and Beyoncé will all reprise their roles as Simba, Pumbaa, Timon, Rafiki and Nala, respectively.
There will probably be a number of contemporary faces as properly. The brand new solid members embrace Aaron Pierre as younger Mufasa, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as younger Scar, Tiffany Boone as Sarabi, Mads Mikkelsen as Kiros, Thandiwe Newton as Eshe, Lennie James as Obasi, and Blue Ivy Carter making her function movie debut as Kiara.
Blue Ivy beforehand grew to become the youngest particular person Grammy winner in 2021 at 9 years outdated after she was credited on her mom Beyoncé’s 2019 track and music video for “Brown Pores and skin Lady.” The track was included within the soundtrack album The Lion King: The Reward, which featured new songs impressed by the movie.
“I really feel like Blue grew fairly a bit over the course of that tour,” Jenkins advised PEOPLE in April 2024. “The film is sort of like this snapshot, this time capsule of a second of their lives that I feel is actually stunning. And it completely labored for the movie.”
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This time round, followers can anticipate new authentic songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, identified for his musical contributions to different Disney animated movies like Moana and Encanto.
“The Lion King has an unimaginable musical legacy with music from a few of the best songwriters round, and I am humbled and proud to be part of it,” Miranda stated in an announcement. “It has been a pleasure working alongside Barry Jenkins to convey Mufasa’s story to life, and we won’t anticipate audiences to expertise this movie in theaters.”
Mufasa: The Lion King is in theaters Dec. 20.
