In 2024, a new cartoon from the W alt Disney company - "Mufasa: The Lion King" will be released, which will tell the story of the life of the father of the lion cub Simba from the full-length Disney cartoon "The Lion King" .
Basic information
- Original title: Mufasa: The Lion King;
- Country: USA;
- Company: W alt Disney, Fairview Entertainment;
- Genre: musical, adventure, drama, family;
- Director: Barry Jenkins;
- Voice acting (actors): Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison;
- Release date: 07/05/24;
- Expectation Rating: 98%
Mufasa: The Lion King Animated Movie, which is expected to be released in 2024, will be a prequel to a story that viewers first saw back in 1994, as well as a modern remake in 2019.
Original The Lion King
In the first cartoon, the main character was the lion cub Simba, the son of the pride leader Mufasa and a lioness named Sarabi (Mirage). The audience was able to learn very little about his father, a strong and just ruler, because at the very beginning of the story he dies through the fault of his own brother, the evil and envious Scar.
Believing himself guilty that his father died, Simba goes into the jungle, where he finds new friends - Timon and Pumbaa.
Mufasa also appeared in some remakes of the Lion King cartoon:
- at the time of the introduction of Simba on the Rock of Ancestors;
- at the Elephant Cemetery;
- in the form of the spirit of the father, who communicated with Simba before he returned to the pack.
The plot of Mufasa's new movie: The Lion King
Expected in 2024, the Lion King prequel will focus on how Mufasa turned from a small lonely lion cub into a strong, revered ruler by his brothers. Although W alt Disney is in no hurry to announce the plot details, you can predict what will be told in the new film. Most likely, the plot will be based on the history of the books "The Lion King: Six New Adventures" .
If in the cartoon "The Lion King" Mufasa is shown as a self-confident and always ready to protect his family leader, then the film of 2024 will show us baby Mufasu, a lion cub, who has a very difficult time, because he is the future leader of the pack, on whom the whole race has great hopes. According to the original story, Mufasa's parents were Ahadi the leader and Uru the lioness.
The story will tell about how the relationship between Mufasa and his younger brother Taki (Scar) developed in childhood, how he met his future wife Sarabi, and also how I can earn the boundless love and trust of my brothers.
It is also known that on the screens the audience will see Timon and Pumbaa, who are loved by everyone. The characters are featured in the first official promotional video shown by The W alt Disney Company.
Cast
The director of the 2024 project "The Lion King 2" will be Barry Jenkins, known to viewers from the film "Moonlight" (2016) and the drama series "Underground Railroad" (2021).
New actors will voice the main characters:
| Hero | Voice |
| Mufasa | Aaron Pierre |
| Taki (Scar) | Kelvin Harrison |
There is no information about other characters yet, but as soon as it appears, we will promptly add heroes and actors to the table who will voice them on the big screen.
Interesting facts
- 2024 film, like the original The Lion King, will impress with musical accompaniment;
- the picture is planned to be created using cutting-edge photorealistic computer animation;
- Mufasa's name for the leader was not chosen by chance, that was the name of the last ruler of Kenya;
- from the Swahili language "Mufasa" is translated only as "King" ;
- nature, impressing the viewer with a riot of greenery, is drawn from the vast expanses of Kenya.
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Premier
The film is scheduled to release on July 5, 2024, but it is still unknown when the cartoon will premiere. The 2019 The Lion King 2 movie grossed $1.657 billion at the box office, but experts are already unanimous in their opinion that Mufasa's life story is quite capable of exceeding this result in 2024.
