Disney confirmed off extra from its upcoming photorealistic prequel Mufasa: The Lion King.
A trailer that debuted Friday through the Disney Leisure Showcase at D23 showcases a unique, extra harmless aspect of the younger “brotherhood” that Mufasa and Scar develop earlier than their relationship is in the end fractured.
Watch the trailer, which served because the finale to the three-hour Disney presentation, above.
Audiences at D23 have been additionally handled to a scene from the movie that even featured a brand new music, penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The music, titled “I At all times Needed A Brother,” depicts seems in a scene the place Mufasa and Scar are younger cubs. They shortly turn into buddies and, finally, extra like siblings because the music progresses they usually develop into younger adults.
“That’s the primary voice you’ll hear in Mufasa,” Miranda mentioned, including that he was in the midst of writing Encanto when he acquired a screenplay. However, upon studying it, the music started to kind in his head in a approach that compelled him to tackle the mission.
A prequel trailer already dropped again in April. The film would be the centerpiece year-end vacation movie, releasing on December 20. See the brand new poster under.
Pic is helmed by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and kicks off with the baboon Rafiki relaying the legend of Mufasa to his granddaughter Kiara. In line with the trailer description, the story shall be instructed in flashbacks and follows Mufasa (that means “king” in Swahili) as an orphaned cub, misplaced and alone till he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka — the inheritor to a royal bloodline.
Aaron Pierre will voice the titular Mufasa. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Mads Mikkelsen, and Thandiwe Newton may even voice key characters. In an addition, Blue Ivy Carter will voice Kiara, whereas her mother Beyoncé will return to play her onscreen mom Nala. Tiffany Boone will voice Sarabi.
Different returning voice forged members from the 2019 The Lion King embrace Donald Glover as Simba, and Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner as Timon and Pumbaa, respectively.
