“The Lion King” Live-Action Prequel Finally Has a Title and Release Date

The extremely expected live-action prequel to 2019’s “The Lion King” remake lastly has a title and release date. This year’s D23 exposition consisted of plenty of buzzy highlights, and amongst them was an upgrade on the “Lion King” prequel, initially revealed in 2020 with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk”) connected as its director.

Per Variety, Jenkins revealed the main name of his prequel movie on Sept. 10 throughout D23 together with unique sneak peek video footage, which started with John Kani’s Rafiki remembering the story of Mufasa to young cubs, exposing that the lion was in fact “an orphaned cub who had to navigate the world alone until he rose to become the king of Pride Rock.”

“In this place, a lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood,” Rafiki told in the clip. “The lion who would change our lives forever.” The brand-new video footage likewise consisted of a fast punch line from Billy Eichner’s Timon, who he voiced in the 2019 “Lion King” motion picture, where he joked, “Wait wait wait, am I not in this story? I don’t feel seen.”

According to Deadline’s 2020 report, Disney snatched Jeff Nathanson, who composed the script for the first reboot of “The Lion King”, to return for the follow up and compose Mufasa’s origin story. So far, there’s been no reference of whether the prequel will invite back a few of the initial movie’s cast, that included an all-star roster of voices consisted of Beyoncé as Nala, Donald Glover as Simba, and a lot more. It’s likewise uncertain if Beyoncé will be inspired to create another album for it (fans definitely would not mind a follow-up to “The Gift“).

Luckily, while we wait on more info, you can hold yourself over and see both the initial animated variation and reboot of “The Lion King” on Disney+. Read ahead for whatever we understand about the live-action prequel up until now, consisting of the cast, release date, and title.