Mufasa: The Lion King may be taking us back to the beginning, but Disney is doing it in a way that guarantees audiences get even more of the beloved characters that make The Lion King magical. In ...

Mufasa: The Lion King is the best version of a Barry Jenkins-directed children’s film imaginable. That compliment might read as backhanded, but considering many were afraid the Disney machine would ...

Disney is returning to the Pride Lands to tell the story of Mufasa: The Lion King, a computer-animated prequel to The Lion King directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins. Mufasa: The Lion King ...

This wan photorealistic prequel to a remake, the latest addition to the Disney juggernaut, was directed by Barry Jenkins of “Moonlight” fame. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Before Simba, there was Mufasa, and his and Scar’s story gets told in Disney’s prequel film Mufasa: The Lion King following the 2019 live-action version of the beloved animated 1994 classic. Familiar ...

Performances in N.Y.C. After more than 9,000 performances as the shaman in the Broadway show, Tshidi Manye prepares to hang up her mandrill costume. Credit... Supported by By Laura Collins-Hughes ...