Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson breaks down how 'Mufasa,' now in theaters, connects back to original 'Lion King' saga.

From James Earl Jones’ moving farewell to a reimagined version of Pride Rock’s creation, Barry Jenkins’ Mufasa: The Lion King ...

The “Lion King” prequel arrived to weak ticket sales last month, but moviegoers have since embraced it, pushing global box ...

Best Featured Actress - Musical: Tsidii Le Loka won. 1998 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Samuel E. Wright was nominated but did not win. Best Performance ...

The Lion King franchise is back in the limelight, but one of the more obscure movies from the series deserves to have some of ...

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Ironically, it’s Boone’s big number in Mufasa — “Tell Me It’s You,” her duet with Aaron Pierre, who plays the titular king-to ...

Mufasa: The Lion King (dedicated to Jones, who died in September) strains with every sinew to make us feel the love tonight — to paraphrase one of the original song titles. It is sometimes ...

While Pierre plays a young Mufasa in the Disney prequel “Mufasa: The Lion King” (in theaters now), Jones originated the iconic role in the original 1994 animated classic “The Lion King.” ...

But the original movie really mattered to all of ... The interaction that ends Mufasa's life in "The Lion King" is actually what saves him in "Mufasa." Taka first places his claws into Mufasa's ...