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  • Disney officially announces ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’, prequel of ‘The Lion King’

    Disney officially announces ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’, prequel of ‘The Lion King’

    Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has officially announce Mufasa: The Lion King, a new prequel to the 2019 film Lion King.

    The Lion King (2019) | Disney Movies

    Originally announced in 2020 as a sequel to the 2019 film, Mufasa tells the origin story of the iconic Disney father, exploring his childhood growing up with his brother Scar. The film will feature the voice of Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as younger versions of the characters, filling in for James Earl Jones as Mufasa in both the 1994 original and the 2019 CGI remake, and Jeremy Irons and Chiwetel Ejiofor as the villainous Scar.

    In addition to announcing the title, exclusive preview footage of the film was shown to the audience of the D23 expo. The footage began with Rafiki (John Kani) telling the story of Mufasa to young cubs, revealing that the lion was actually an orphaned cub who had to navigate the world alone until he rose to become the king of Pride Rock. As such, the film goes beyond the iconic Pride Lands to show him as a cub in a desert, where he is swept away by a flood and becomes an orphan.

    “In this place a lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood,” Rafiki narrates. “The lion who would change our lives forever.”

    Although brief, the footage also included narration from Billy Eichner’s Timon, in a meta joke tag for the footage: “Wait wait wait, am I not in this story? I don’t feel seen.”

    “The Lion King” is one of the most beloved Disney properties of all time, with the original remaining a critically acclaimed classic and grossing over $960 million worldwide. The 2019 remake, which replaced the 2D artstyle of the original with realistic CGI animal renderings, received mixed reviews from critics but was even more successful, grossing over $1 billion at the global box office.

    Mufasa will be Jenkins third feature film, after directing the Oscar-winning Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk . The release date for the film has not yet been announced.

  • Zara Tareen slams Fahad Mustafa

    Zara Tareen slams Fahad Mustafa

    Earlier this week actor Fahad Mustafa urged bloggers and film critics to release their reviews after a longer period of time from the theatrical release of a movie as their words can damage the feature film’s box-office performance.

    He referred to the reviews of the first post-pandemic release Khel Khel Mein.

    The Kankar actor’s stance was appreciated by fellow celebrities like Mehwish Hayat, Sami Khan and Aijaz Aslam.

    On the contrary prominent actress Zara Tareen took to her social media handle to share her opinion on the matter.

    She followed her post with another controversial post, calling the A-list actor as unprofessional and ill-mannered.

    “I wholeheartedly take back my words, I should not have insulted Mufasa by using his name, she said, referring, of course, to the character from the 1994 animated film The Lion King.”

    “Using his name in place of a loud mouth, unprofessional, entitled, badtameez [ill mannered] brat was uncalled for. The Lion King was legendary and Mufasa was wise and respectful and still gets amazing reviews because he earned them.”

    On the work front, Tareen has acted recently in HUM TV’s Mushk and Zee5’s Dhoop Ki Deewar.

    She recently married Hollywood actor Faran Tahir.

    Khel Khel Mein released on 19th November across Pakistan. The Current engaged in an exclusive chat with the film’s leading duo Sajal Aly and Bilal Abbas Khan.