In The Lion King Scar doesn’t just kill Mufasa, he also betrays Simba so he can rule the Pride Lands. In the movie’s climax, he and Simba come head-to-head after Scar reveals that he was the one who ...

It’s always about a woman. That seems to be the only thing that can come between brothers, and in Mufasa: The Lion King, this universal truth is on full display. A woman is in reality the genesis of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Taka (voiced by Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is a young lion prince who meets Mufasa (voiced by Aaron ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, “Mufasa: The ...

For many years, the death of Bambi’s mom has been the high (or low) watermark for childhood trauma in Disney animation, but new evidence seems to indicate that there’s a new King of the Psychodrama ...

Concerned about Barry Jenkins doing a “Lion King” movie? Hakuna matata! Sometimes the odd pairing of auteur director and franchise property just works, like James Gunn making Guardians of the Galaxy ...

Mufasa: The Lion King might be named after the iconic character, but Mufasa isn't the only one whose backstory the movie explores. Instead, the movie works as sort of a tale of the past told by Rafiki ...

In Disney’s original animated version of The Lion King, the treacherous Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons) murdered his older brother, King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), usurped the throne as ruler of the ...