The prequel to the Disney stay motion remake of The Lion King, Mufasa: The Lion King, will delve into the backstory of the villainous Scar. And will seemingly discover him not fairly so villainous…but. Speaking with Fandango, Kelvin Harrison Jr., who will take over the voicing of Scar from Chiwetel Ejiofor, reveals that Mufasa: The Lion King will introduce a a lot funnier, however nonetheless “spicy,” tackle the character.
“We’re going to get to actually get a backstory to Scar, and he’s hilarious. He remains to be very, very spicy. He can also be the sweetest younger lion you additionally ever meet, too. So, it is going to be enjoyable seeing the connection between Scar and Mufasa.”
Known for roles within the likes of Elvis and The Trial of the Chicago 7, Kelvin Harrison Jr. is happy to point out audiences the early years of Scar, who might be identified by his actual identify, Taka, within the prequel. Cue the inevitable scene the place Taka is given his scar and his relatively nasty new nickname.
Details launched to date concerning Mufasa: The Lion King have revealed that the film will element how a younger, orphaned Mufasa, voiced by Old and The Underground Railroad star Aaron Pierre, discovered himself within the Pride Lands following a flood. The prequel will even function Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, and John Kani who at the moment are confirmed to be reprising their roles as Pumbaa, Timon, and Rafiki, respectively.
Mufasa: The Lion King Is Set in Both the Past & the Present
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins will helm the Disney challenge and has revealed that, not solely will Mufasa: The Lion King be a prequel to the 2019 outing, it would even be set within the current. Making it one thing of a prequel and a sequel on the similar time.
“I think you’ll see a ton of familiar faces. It is a prequel, but again, it’s a prequel in the sense that these are all the same characters, but we’re telling you how they came to be who they are,” the director explained. So we’re literally going backward. We’re going back in time with many of these characters. We’re in the present, as well, but we’re also going back to tell who these characters were.”
The Lion King stay motion remake noticed enormous success on the field workplace upon launch, breaking $1 billion and coming into the highest 10 highest-grossing films of all time. Directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, The Lion King stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, Florence Kasumba, Eric Andre, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and James Earl Jones as Mufasa. The photorealistic computer-animated outing retells the occasions of the beloved 1994 unique, as younger lion Simba should embrace his function because the rightful king of his homeland following the homicide of his father, Mufasa, by the hands of his uncle, Scar.
Mufasa: The Lion King is scheduled to launch on July 5, 2024