When it comes to The Lion King, people remember two things: the opening strains of ‘Circle of Life’ and the sinister villain manifesto ‘Be Prepared’. And one of those songs has been cut ...

Most fundamentally: Why did Barry Jenkins, one of our greatest directors, decide to make a prequel to Jon Favreau’s “live-action” Lion King, which featured eerily realistic but frozen-faced ...

From its opening tribute to the late James Earl Jones, Barry Jenkins's Mufasa: The Lion King makes certain to pay care and respect to the 1994 classic, telling the story of Mufasa, known to fans ...