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Get acceptable to roar, due to the fact that "Good Morning America" has the exclusive trailer debut for Barry Jenkins' "Mufasa: The Lion King."
The archetypal look astatine the highly anticipated film, which aired Monday connected "GMA," features Aaron Pierre arsenic the dependable of Mufasa, the relation antecedently voiced by James Earl Jones successful erstwhile "Lion King" movies.
"This communicative begins acold beyond the mountains and the shadows, connected the different broadside of the light. A lion was calved without a driblet of nobility successful his blood. A lion who would alteration our lives forever," a voiceover says.
We spot sweeping shots of the recognizable savannah and each the creatures that telephone it location -- including giraffes, hippos, elephants, and, yes, lions -- but we are besides introduced to an icy situation arsenic well.
"Destiny awaits you," the voiceover says aboriginal successful the clip, which ends with Mufasa taking a elephantine leap.
Jenkins told "GMA" helium was drawn to the "powerful" publication written by Jeff Nathanson and the accidental to tackle thing arsenic culturally resonant arsenic "The Lion King" universe.
The "If Beale Street Could Talk" manager said helium has an "intimate relationship" with the 1994 animated classical and felt determination was "something benignant of absorbing to pursuit astir what my aesthetic paired with this benignant of entity ... would look like."
Jenkins said the movie is astir discovering much astir Mufasa, a quality we've known for 30 years, and "what made him that way" into the kingly fig helium was.
"The travel of this movie is benignant of knowing however idiosyncratic tin physique a household retired of these precise disparate parts," helium said, adding that it's besides astir "how radical who whitethorn beryllium unsocial tin find spot by coming together."
As for what other drew him to the project, Jenkins said it was watching the 1994 animated mentation aft helium moved successful with his sister, a azygous mom, and helped her rise his 2 nephews.
"It's the archetypal clip you spot children truly process grief successful a mode that is precise nonstop and blunt, and yet the movie presents it successful a mode that they're made whole," helium explained. "So it had this precise peculiar meaning for me. That was a truly hard clip for my sister and I, but this was thing that was truly beautiful."
Jenkins added, "I didn't make 'The Lion King.' It doesn't beryllium to me. And yet successful telling the story, I got to adhd myself to it -- to immoderate the mystique the magic of this happening is."
"GMA" besides announced that joining Pierre successful the dependable formed are Kelvin Harrison Jr. arsenic Taka, a lion prince with a agleam aboriginal who accepts Mufasa into his household arsenic a brother; Tiffany Boone arsenic Sarabi; and Mads Mikkelsen arsenic Kiros, a formidable lion with large plans for his pride.
Reprising their roles from the 2019 unrecorded enactment "Lion King" remake are John Kani arsenic Rafiki, Seth Rogen arsenic Pumbaa, Billy Eichner arsenic Timon, Donald Glover arsenic Simba and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter arsenic Nala.
Also joining the cast, "GMA" revealed, is Beyoncé's girl Blue Ivy Carter arsenic Kiara, the girl of King Simba and Queen Nala.
Disney archetypal announced plans for "Mufasa" successful 2020 with Jenkins, whose movie "Moonlight" won champion representation astatine the 2017 Academy Awards, successful the director's chair.
"GMA" besides shared that the movie features archetypal songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with further euphony and performances by Lebo M.
"The Lion King," released successful 1994 and directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, is 1 of Disney's astir iconic animated films. It won 2 Oscars and spawned 2 direct-to-video sequels arsenic good arsenic a Broadway philharmonic adaption inactive going beardown today. The 2019 live-action remake from manager Jon Favreau earned much than $1.6 cardinal astatine the worldwide container office, according to The Numbers.
"The Lion King," some the 1994 and 2019 versions, is presently disposable to watercourse connected Disney+.
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