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Fans of the OG Lion King (1994) should already be familiar with Mufasa’s character—Simba’s father/the king of Pride Rock. This installment meets him as an orphaned young lion, who forges a ...
Now, 30 years and three films (including a 2019 live-action remake) later, we get to explore this story a little further by getting to know Simba's father, Mufasa in the new animated prequel ...
Mufasa: The Lion King is a 2024 American musical drama film directed by Barry Jenkins from a screenplay written by Jeff Nathanson.Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the film is photorealistically animated and serves as both a prequel and sequel to The Lion King (2019), the remake of the 1994 animated film of the same name. [6]
Simba [1] [2] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Disney's The Lion King franchise.First appearing as a lion cub in The Lion King (1994), the character flees his homeland when his father, King Mufasa, is killed by his treacherous uncle, Scar, with his uncle additionally deceiving him into believing he was the reason for his father's death.
However, Mufasa's envious younger brother, Scar, covets the throne and devises a scheme to eliminate both Mufasa and Simba. Scar lures Simba into a gorge and orchestrates a wildebeest stampede, knowing Mufasa will risk his life to save his son. [4] After rescuing Simba, Mufasa is swept into the stampede and struggles to escape.
Director Barry Jenkins can't coax anything special out of Jeff Nathanson's lackluster script.
Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick as adult Simba in the films; Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a cub in The Lion King; Matt Weinberg as a cub in The Lion King 1½; Cam Clarke in Timon & Pumbaa and Kingdom Hearts II, as well as his singing voice in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride; Rob Lowe in The Lion Guard; Donald Glover in the 2019 film and Mufasa: The Lion King and JD McCrary as a cub in the 2019 ...
The film opens with Mufasa's voice explaining that everyone is connected in the great circle of life. A montage of animals and a few clips from Symbiosis open to the song, Circle of Life. The focus of the main story is on Simba. He decided to show Timon and Pumbaa how another creature (man) is similarly forgetting how everyone is connected.