Disney has pushed again the discharge date of its upcoming characteristic movie Mufasa: The Lion King, which is the upcoming prequel to The Lion King. The film has moved from July 5, 2024, to Christmas 2024, which looks like an acceptable launch date for this sort of film.
Mufasa: The Lion King is being directed by Moonlight‘s Barry Jenkins, from a script from Jeff Nathanson. Krypton star Aaron Pierre will present the voice of Mufasa within the new film, with Kelvin Harrison Jr. voicing Scar.
There’s not a variety of info that has been shared for the film, however we all know that will probably be an origin story for Simba’s father.
Jenkins beforehand talked in regards to the film, saying: “I grew up with these characters, they imply a lot to me. I believe the work that Jeff Nathanson, the author, did and going again into actually serving to youngsters and anybody who ever cherished this property perceive what it takes. Kings aren’t simply born, they don’t seem to be simply made. They need to develop into who they’re by a sequence of occasions that lots of people can relate to. So, in that standpoint, it matches very effectively with all the pieces else I’ve carried out. So I really feel no stress, I simply wish to do a very good job.”
He went on to say: “My brokers ship me a variety of scripts. When this one got here, tremendous high secret, I used to be very skeptical. I learn the script and about 40 pages in I turned to Lulu [Wang] and I mentioned, ‘Holy s**t, that is good.’ And as I stored studying, I obtained additional away from the aspect of my mind that mentioned, ‘Oh, a filmmaker such as you would not make a movie like this,’ and allowed myself to get to the place the place these characters, this story, is wonderful. What actually pushed me throughout the road was James, my DP, mentioned, ‘You recognize what? There’s one thing actually attention-grabbing on this mode of filmmaking that we’ve not carried out and that not many individuals have carried out.’ That was after I went again to the powers that be and mentioned, ‘I might love to do that, however I’ve obtained to have the ability to do what I do.'”
Disney shared a teaser trailer for the movie final yr on the D23 Expo, which confirmed Mufasa as a cub, and it options the story being narrated by Timon and Pumbaa. I noticed that footage and it appeared to get a robust response from the Disney followers.
The First film directed by Jon Favreau was good. It was mainly a shot-for-shot CGI remake of the unique animated movie. This subsequent movie can be just a little extra attention-grabbing as a result of it should inform a very new and totally different story.
