In The Lion King Scar doesn’t just kill Mufasa, he also betrays Simba so he can rule the Pride Lands. In the movie’s climax, he and Simba come head-to-head after Scar reveals that he was the one who ...

Mufasa: The Lion King might be named after the iconic character, but Mufasa isn't the only one whose backstory the movie explores. Instead, the movie works as sort of a tale of the past told by Rafiki ...

Mufasa and Scar's relationship is a central part of the Lion King franchise, and Mufasa: The Lion King complicates their status as brothers. In the original 1994 animated movie, Mufasa and Scar are ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook While The Lion King alludes to Mufasa belonging to a long line of monarchs, the prequel reveals he ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Taka (voiced by Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is a young lion prince who meets Mufasa (voiced by Aaron ...

It’s always about a woman. That seems to be the only thing that can come between brothers, and in Mufasa: The Lion King, this universal truth is on full display. A woman is in reality the genesis of ...

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Everybody loves Rafiki, the wise old mandrill voiced by John Kani in the new animated musical prequel “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Disney, December 20). But not everybody — including IndieWire’s “Screen ...

Concerned about Barry Jenkins doing a “Lion King” movie? Hakuna matata! Sometimes the odd pairing of auteur director and franchise property just works, like James Gunn making Guardians of the Galaxy ...

The wheels of time often move slowly when it comes to putting together a high-budget, high-stakes Disney animated film. And that caused a problem after Disney booked Atlanta actor Braelyn Rankins more ...

Mufasa: The Lion King — the hit live-action and CG hybrid prequel to the 2019 live-action version of Disney’s The Lion King, is coming to Disney+ this week. The logline for Mufasa: The Lion King reads ...