The Lion King Trailer Explores The Ruler’s Backstory With Scar

With one trailer already on the market within the cinematic Satisfaction Lands, Mufasa: The Lion King continues in its quest to justify a prequel film to each Jon Favreau’s 2019 CG effort and the 1994 animated epic authentic. Having Barry Jenkins because the filmmaker guiding the brand new movie is actually a stable begin, resulting in some lovely new imagery using the spectacular, photo-real expertise that Favs and his workforce developed. For Mufasa, the narrative spins again the clock to seek out the longer term king in his cub days, and the way he got here to satisfy the lion brother to be generally known as Scar, within the years earlier than they had been enemies. Try the brand new trailer that dropped at Disney’s large D23 occasion:

Mufasa tells its story by two branches: one options Rafiki (John Kani) explaining to Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter), the daughter of Simba (Donald Glover) and Nala (Beyoncé) how her grandfather survived his powerful childhood. And, as is contractual for a Lion King movie, Timon (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) are right here for color commentary – and to surprise why Rafiki is not telling a narrative they’re additionally a part of.

In flashback, we meet the younger Mufasa (voiced initially by Braelyn Rankins earlier than Aaron Pierre takes the, er, lion’s share of that work) because the orphaned cub meets Taka (Theo Somolu after which Kelvin Harrison Jr.), the cub who will in the future be generally known as scar. Right here, they’re as shut as brothers, dealing with off towards a lethal foe.

Jenkins has assembled fairly the forged for this one –– a lot of the 2019 movie’s ensemble returns and the brand new voices additionally embrace Thandiwe Newton, Mads Mikkelsen, Anika Noni Rose and Keith David. And this expanded have a look at the story actually gives each lovely visuals and an intriguing story of discovered household. To not point out Moana musical god Lin-Manuel Miranda returning to the Disney fold with some new tunes.

Will it don’t have any worries on the field workplace? We’ll discover out on 20 December.