2024 1h 59m Barry Jenkins

Mufasa: The Lion King

Name: Mufasa: The Lion King
Genre: Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation, Action & Adventure
Released: 2024
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga

★ 6.6 IMDb

Drama Kids & Family Fantasy Animation Action & Adventure

Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.

Writer Jeff Nathanson

Cast Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga

DP James Laxton

Production Designer Mark Friedberg

Music Lin-Manuel Miranda

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Mufasa: The Lion King review – let down by weak script and songs by David Jenkins, Little White Lies

On Barry Jenkins

How to Make Movies According to Barry Jenkins by Eduardo Guillot, FIPRESCI The Director as Curator: Music in the Films of Barry Jenkins by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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