MUFASA: THE LION KING CinemaCon Footage Reveals New Look At Young Mufasa And Teases A Big Change To His Origin

MUFASA: THE LION KING CinemaCon Footage Reveals New Look At Young Mufasa And Teases A Big Change To His Origin

A new image of Mufasa: The Lion King's title character has been revealed at CinemaCon, while a footage description suggests Disney will make a key change to the character's origin story. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Apr 13, 2024 04:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Disney

Disney stole the show at CinemaCon earlier this week and, after the movie was first announced during 2022's D23, we finally have a better idea of what to expect from Mufasa: The Lion King

A prequel to The Lion King, we've known for a while that it will delve into Mufasa and Scar's childhoods, but as director Barry Jenkins put it to those in attendance, "What [is] the director of ‘Moonlight’ is doing here to tell me about an 8-quadrant legacy film?" 

Well, the filmmaker says it was "one of the best decisions I ever made in my life," and based on the footage shown off to exhibitors, we can expect him to take Mufasa's story to some very unexpected places.

He'd go on to call this a "very personal film" as he'd watched The Lion King over 200 times while babysitting his young nephews. Reading the script, he said it reminded him of what young people do with their emotions and "how they can become great the way they are."

He also called Mufasa"a massive f*cking film, and it was my job to fill it with massive heart."

The teaser largely just showed off the CGI animals and environments but is said to be a marked improvement over the already photorealistic version of The Lion King we saw in theaters back in 2019. Interestingly, a piece of narration seems to turn what we thought we knew about Mufasa on its head:

"This story begins far beyond the mountain and the shadows on the other side of the light. A lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood, a lion who would change our lives forever."

So, it appears Mufasa wasn't born into royalty and destined to be King, a far cry from how Simba's story played out. Of course, Jenkins first suggested this might be the case when the movie was first unveiled. 

"It’s a story about how Mufasa rose to royalty," he said. "We assume he was just born into his lineage, but Mufasa was actually an orphaned cub who had to navigate the world alone. In telling this story, we get to experience the real journey of how Mufasa found his place in the circle of life."

Mufasa: The Lion King arrives in theaters on December 20, later this year. A new look at Mufasa can be seen in the X post below.

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