Get the latest gossip

Blue Ivy Carter Is Lioness Kiara in New ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Trailer

Disney has released the first trailer for live-action film 'Mufasa: The Lion King,' the prequel to 2019's 'The Lion King.'

In the Barry Jenkins ( Moonlight) prequel, Blue Ivy Carter joins the cast as the young lioness Kiara, the daughter of King Simba (Glover) and Queen Nala (Beyoncé). Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner return as hilarious pals Pumbaa and Timon, and Aaron Pierre replaces the great James Earl Jones, who had held the role since the 1994 original, as Mufasa. Other cast members include John Kani (Rafiki), Kagiso Lediga (Young Rafiki), Anika Noni Rose (Mufasa’s mother Afia), Keith David (Mufasa’s father Masego), Tiffany Boone (Sarabi), Preston Nyman (Zazu), Mads Mikkelsen (Kiros), Thandiwe Newton (Taka’s mother Eshe), and Lennie James (Taka’s father Obasi).

Get the Android app