"The Circle of Life continues! 🦁✨ Join me as I react to the world premiere of Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King! From ...

Mufasa (voiced by Aaron Pierre, left) and Taka (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) are as close as brothers before their friendship takes a turn in the Disney prequel/sequel "Mufasa: The Lion King." ...

Mufasa: The Lion King begins with the young lion as an orphaned cub separated from his parents. He is found by another young lion, Taka, whose family reluctantly allows him to join their pride.

Mufasa: The Lion King finally addresses what happened to the titular lion’s parents, Simba’s grandparents, before the events of the original film.

Mufasa, being a good brother, tells him the perfect thing to say, and it works, as Sarabi is surprised by Taka’s sharp sense of smell. The group gets attacked by some of the great white lions ...

On Mufasa’s noble journey to find the mythical Pride Lands, he endures a rite of passage that includes battling the rapacious white lion, Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), and his pride called “The ...

With songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Mufasa” works as a big-movie entertainment and, even more surprisingly, as a Barry Jenkins film. “My head was spinning when this started,” Jenkins says.

Mufasa: The Lion King was always going to have unjust expectations layered on it in the way that most of these Disney "live-action" flicks don't get.

“Mufasa: The Lion King” also briefly features the voices of Folake Olowofoyeku as a member of The Outsiders named Amara, Thuso Mbedu as Rafifki’s baboon friend Junia, Sheila Atim as Ajarry ...

“Mufasa: The Lion King” roars in a way its predecessor couldn’t. In theaters this week, this second live-action-meets-photorealistic-animation adventure tells an original story, whereas 2019 ...

Mufasa’s biological father is Masego, voiced by Keith David. The two are separated during a flood in which Masego tries to save Mufasa from the water.