Official Trailer
Our Review
- Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Aaron Pierre
- December 20th 2024
- 119
- Barry Jenkins
This prequel shows how Mufasa met his “brother” Taka/Scar and reveals why they became mortal enemies.
It’s been five years since the 2019 remake of The Lion King and now it’s time to head back to the Pride Lands for this prequel.
Mufasa: The Lion King, directed by Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins, begins as a sequel, with Simba’s daughter Kiara making an appearance for the first time since the 1998 straight-to-video film The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride.
Rafiki (voiced by John Kani), Timon (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) babysit Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter) and tell her the origin story of her late grandfather Mufasa (Aaron Pierre).
The story then switches back and forth between the past and present to play out Mufasa’s story in real-time, from his early beginnings to his becoming king of the Pride Lands.
In those intervening years, he loses his real family and another one takes him in, with Taka (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) becoming his newfound “brother”. The ensuing story shows how Taka came to be known as Scar, why...
