One Remaining Trailer for Disney’s Animated ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Prequel
by Alex Billington
November 8, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“You count on us to observe this hallucinating baboon?!” Nah she’s proper. At D23 Brazil, Disney unveiled their third & remaining trailer for the Mufasa: The Lion King film, from director Barry Jenkins (of Moonlight & If Beale Road May Speak). The story concerning the rise of one of many best kings of the Delight Lands, returns to the African savanna the place Rafiki tells Kiara about her grandfather. Instructed in flashbacks, we’re launched to Mufasa as an orphaned cub, misplaced & alone till he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the inheritor to a royal bloodline. The possibility assembly units in movement a energetic journey of a rare group of misfits looking for their future. This is not a lot The Lion King 2, extra of a prequel + sequel mixed. With the voices of Aaron Pierre as Mufasa and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Taka, plus all of the usuals: Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon, and John Kani as Rafiki. With Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga, Preston Nyman, Thandiwe Newton, Mads Mikkelsen, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, and in addition Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, and introducing Blue Ivy Carter as Kiara, daughter of King Simba & Queen Nala. Nothing new to see right here. This nonetheless appears to be like like an immediately forgettable, totally unexciting sequence of tales that basically didn’t must be instructed. It is so unusual Disney is all about this. Is anybody excited for it?
Here is the ultimate official trailer (+ poster) for Barry Jenkins’ film Mufasa: The Lion King, through YouTube:
You possibly can rewatch the teaser for Barry Jenkins’ Mufasa: The Lion King proper right here or the primary full trailer right here.
Walt Disney Photos’ Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to younger lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Instructed in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, misplaced and alone till he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the inheritor to a royal bloodline. The possibility assembly units in movement an expansive journey of a rare group of misfits looking for their future — their bonds will probably be examined as they have to work collectively to evade a threatening and lethal foe. Mufasa: The Lion King is directed by Oscar-winning American author / filmmaker Barry Jenkins, director of the movies Medication for Melancholy, Moonlight, If Beale Road May Speak, plus many shorts and the “The Underground Railroad” sequence beforehand. The screenplay is written by Jeff Nathanson, the identical author as 2019’s The Lion King film. Primarily based on Disney’s The Lion King (1994), initially written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton. Produced by Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak. Walt Disney Photos will debut Jenkins’ Mufasa: The Lion King in theaters nationwide beginning December twentieth, 2024 on the finish of this yr. Will anybody be watching this?
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