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The circle of life will continue with "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins now at the helm.

Jenkins will direct a sequel to the photo-realistic Disney film "The Lion King", which grossed $1.6 billion at the worldwide box office. Jon Favreau directed the Golden Globe and Oscar nominated 2019 movie.

Deadline is reporting the story will focus on Mufasa's origin story. Jeff Nathanson, who wrote the screenplay for the 2019 movie, will return to write the follow-up.

Does anyone (other than Disney) actually want another photo-realistic Lion King movie?

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Probably all those people who buy every piece of anything (good or crap) that Disney puts out...it is a very well trained Pavlovian response that D has instilled on many!

At least a prequel means they wouldn't be able to use all the terrible voice actors from the live action one.

The other problem is James Earl Jones sounds old now and not sure anybody else could play him satisfactorily.

Fenrir said:

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At least a prequel means they wouldn't be able to use all the terrible voice actors from the live action one.

The other problem is James Earl Jones sounds old now and not sure anybody else could play him satisfactorily.

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JEJ doesn't have to be the voice of the coming-of-age Mufasa. All he would need to do was provide the last line:

"Suck it, Scar"

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Should flip it around like Wicked and have Scar be the good guy and Mufasa the a-hole.

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That's how he got that scar

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Always wanted to know that

Who wants to start the Lion King Extended Universe thread? We can talk through the sequels and Lion Guard.

We've watched every episode at least four times now.

The trailer looks rather beautiful, but no one needs this cash grab. It will be lucky to do 1/3rd of what the previous one did.

The most annoying thing about the trailer is the solo card "AND INTRODUCING BLUE-IVY CARTER WITH BEYONC KNOWLES-CARTER".

I mean, cmon…

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The trailer looks rather beautiful, but no one needs this cash grab. It will be lucky to do 1/3rd of what the previous one did.

The most annoying thing about the trailer is the solo card "AND INTRODUCING BLUE-IVY CARTER WITH BEYONC KNOWLES-CARTER".

I mean, cmon…

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I said the exact same thing on the other thread. Let's all bend over to Beyonce's kid, Didn't we learn out lesson from the talentless son of Will Smith?

As a fanboy of the original, I'm in.

Also, having seen the Broadway show (and Lion King 2), I wish they would make better use of this song in these movies. Such an underrated, great song.

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Let's all bend over to Beyonce's kid, Didn't we learn out lesson from the talentless son of Will Smith?

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Like shoehorn the kid into the role, I don't care, it's a voice role.

But to give them a whole card, acting like this is some introduction, and that Beyonc is something special here, is dumb. She was a non-factor in the first movie. (She did all of one song, and her voice work was weak).

But people will buy anything.

Is it any less needed than any other prequel?

Star Wars PT? Temple of Doom? Godfather Part II? Rise of the Planet of the Apes? House of the Dragon?

Trailer looks good. Excited about the movie. Also excited about Beyonce and her daughter being involved.

Not ashamed - ready to enjoy!

Exactly.

Just like I couldn't give less of a **** about Taylor Swift either (and I hope she's not in Deadpool 3)...but I certainly understand why they'd cast her, or why a movie like Cats would try to sell the movie on her name.

Let's be honest, they need the name for the soundtrack more than anything.

I hear you, and it's definitely annoying. All I'm saying is, which is the point Spilner is making as well, that I understand why she's presented in that way. Knowing that it's purely a marketing strategy doesn't bother me as much.

Though, I will say… that kid is actually pretty talented. She has her parent's "entertainer" DNA, that's for sure.

Whatever happened to Duncan Idaho?

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Deadline is reporting the story will focus on Mufasa's origin story. Jeff Nathanson, who wrote the screenplay for the 2019 movie, will return to write the follow-up.

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Seems like a decent enough fit. His better work comes from adapting existing material and he does have some pretty successful sequels under his belt. I'm sure like most things Disney this is going to be plot by committee.

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BenTheGoodAg said:

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Whatever happened to Duncan Idaho?

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he died fighting Harkonnen and Sardaukar n Dune part 1.

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No spoiler tags???

I know it's just a teaser but if I was looking forward to this film (which I'm not) that teaser was a little underwhelming…but only because it was just shots with music and no characters actually speaking with one another….so it's more of what we've already seen with the first "live action" lion king just with characters we don't recognize….

But honestly when the full trailer comes out that's probably what's going to sell this thing and get people hyped because then we'll actually have an idea of what the story might be about

But I also wouldn't call this a cash grab either….hopefully this is an entirely original story that has very few callbacks to the original minus Scar and Mufasa because they'd have to be in this….could be really interesting and IF (and that's a big if) they hit it out of the park and make the story original and interesting I might actually go watch it and take the kids

I'm digging the idea that Mufasa usurped Scar's position as heir to the throne, very much a Thor/Loki situation, but with the roles reversed.

The cruel heir is usurped by the adopted brother who the people love.

Also, this apparently takes place during the time of Lion King 2 (you can see Timon and Pumba, plus Glover and Beyonce are back), so it might not just be a prequel told in flashbacks, but more of a Godfather 2 type sequel/prequel.

All for that, and more chance they finally do He Lives In You.