First film in the new Lion King series.

“The Lion King” became a hit for all ages. The last generations have followed the adventures of the young lion Simba in the 1994 animation, which also received a sequel of films, with “The Lion King 2: Simba's Kingdom” It is “The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata”.

More recently, new generations had the opportunity to fall in love with this universe with the 2019 live-action remake of the first film in the franchise. In addition to these, TV series were also produced, such as “Timon and Pumbaa”, focused on Simba’s partner duo, and the more recent series “The lion guard”, which tells the story of Simba’s son, young Kion.

However, according to Sean Baileypresident of “Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production“, we can expect a lot more to come. With the announcement of the new live-action “Mufasa – The Lion King”, derived from the 2019 film, Bailey told “The New York Times”, an American newspaper, that the live-action franchise of “The Lion King” could unfold into new films after the release of “Mufasa”. He even compares the franchise to “Star Wars” when saying that the films can extend into an epic saga. According to Bailey: “There's a lot of room to explore if we can find the stories.”

^{Poster for “Mufasa – The Lion King”. (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/Disney)}

The new film will show the childhood of Mufasa, father of protagonist Simba in the original film. Already confirmed in the cast Aaron Pierre (“Time“), who will perform the voice of Mufasa, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“Waves“) who will voice Taka, Mufasa's brother. In the original film, the brother is known as Scar and this is precisely one of the stories that the film intends to explore.

In direction, the film will have Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight: under the moonlight”) and the script, already finished, was written by Jeff Nathanson. The soundtrack will be spectacular Hans Zimmerknown for “Interstellar“.

Unfortunately, Sean Bailey did not give any further details about the development of the next films, but the news that new stories will be explored already leaves the public looking forward to what is to come.

“Mufasa – The Lion King” is scheduled to premiere on July 5, 2024.

Featured photo: Mufasa and Simba in the original animation “The Lion King”. Reproduction/Instagram/Disney.