Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In The Lion King Scar doesn't just kill Mufasa, he also betrays Simba so he can rule the Pride Lands. In the movie's climax, he ...

Scar has devastated the Pride Lands while trying to harness the circle of life as a source of unlimited power. Simba returns ...

Mufasa: The Lion King, as its title suggests, is the story of Simba's father, the great and noble king of the pride lands. But it could equally be subtitled: how Rafiki got his stick, how Scar got his ...

The film maintains the franchise’s signature visual style, opening with a sweeping sequence reminiscent of the original’s “Circle of Life” introduction. Audiences are treated to familiar sights of the ...

The announcement that Barry Jenkins would direct a prequel to Disney’s “live-action” The Lion King remake hit film enthusiast communities like a bombshell. On one hand, Jenkins has established himself ...

Well-acted but predictable origin story has peril and violence. Writer-director Barry Jenkins’s prequel to the 2019 remake of “The Lion King” tells the origin story of Simba’s father, Mufasa (voiced ...

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...

One must imagine watchers of Disney remakes as happy. Each time a new sequel, prequel or live-action remake is announced, audiences dutifully return to theaters with Sisyphean devotion and an entirely ...