From James Earl Jones’ moving farewell to a reimagined version of Pride Rock’s creation, Barry Jenkins’ Mufasa: The Lion King weaves countless references to Disney‘s beloved franchise throughout its ...

leaps in front of Mufasa to take the leader's attack on his face. The blow results in a massive scar. "He's betrayed his brother but, at this moment, he's redeeming himself in some way," said ...

If that doesn’t happen, “Mufasa” could face a situation where pleasing opening night moviegoers isn’t enough to overcome its image among the wider populace as an inessential prequel that ...

She climbed to the peak of Pride Rock and roared into the storm, which ultimately revealed a lion's face in the clouds—just like when Simba looked to the sky in search of his father. Mufasa ...

The Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa” has claimed the No. 1 spot on the North American box office charts over the first weekend of 2025 The Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa” claimed the No. 1 spot ...

From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Disney churned out cheap direct-to-video sequels, prequels, and midquels to its beloved animated features. Some of them are good. Most of them aren’t.

Those careful fingerprints are all over Mufasa: The Lion King, a two-hour sprawling epic that tells the tale of how Mufasa came to be the king of our memories; one who is fearless, bold, and ready to ...

Disney returned to its spot as the undisputed leader of the box office in 2024, but the poor opening weekend of "Mufasa: The ...