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Barry Jenkins has teased that \u201cMufasa: The Lion King\u201d will have \u201ca ton of familiar faces\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old director is helming the prequel to \u201cThe Lion King\u201d \u2013 which is slated for release in 2024 \u2013 and revealed that fans will get a glimpse into the past of the characters from the beloved film, which first hit screens in 1994 before a live-action remake was released in 2019.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Barry said: \u201cI think you\u2019ll see a ton of familiar faces.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a prequel, but again, it\u2019s a prequel in the sense that these are all the same characters, but we\u2019re telling you how they came to be who they are. So we\u2019re literally going backward. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going back in time with many of these characters. We\u2019re in the present, as well, but we\u2019re also going back to tell who these characters were.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The \u201cMoonlight\u201d director also promised fans that spectacular \u201cmusical numbers\u201d will be featured in the film.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cPlease expect musical numbers. Really wonderful musical numbers, I\u2019d say.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenkins praised screenwriter Jeff Nathanson for bringing the story of a young Mufasa, who will be voiced by Aaron Pierre, to life.<\/p>\n
The filmmaker explained: \u201cMufasa is the king, the greatest king of the Pride Lands, and you assume he got that way just because he is.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I thought the studio and Jeff Nathanson, who wrote the script, did a great job of really exploring how people become great, how people become great, how people come to be these mythic figures we look up to.\u201d<\/p>\n
He previously revealed that he was convinced to direct the prequel after reading the script.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI read the script and about 40 pages in, I turned to Lulu (Wang) and I said, \u2018Holy s***, this is good.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd as I kept reading, I got further away from the side of my brain that said, \u2018Oh, a filmmaker like you doesn\u2019t make a film like this,\u2019 and allowed myself to get to the place where these characters, this story, is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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