The 1994 movie The Lion King was so successful it got two direct-to-video sequels, a Broadway musical, a "live-action" remake in 2019, various TV and video game adaptations, and now a prequel. Mufasa: The Lion King tells the story of Mufasa and Taka (who would later be known as Scar) as they grow up as inseparable brothers. We immediately learn that the two are not biologically related, which takes some of the sting out of the implied incestuous mating in the series. The movie is notable for the CGI lions that now have facial expressions, which were glaringly missing in the 2019 movie.
Mufasa: The Lion King seems to fall into the same trope as Malificent, Joker, and the Star Wars prequels, in that since audiences loved the villain, let's go back and explain why it's not their fault that they are evil. In this case, Taka was originally the heir to the "king" position in the pride. Such antihero stories are a break from the rigid white hat/black hat dichotomy of earlier tales, but when it happens over and over again, you have to consider whether we've swung too far in the opposite direction. In this movie, the enemy is a group of white lions led by a king who is amusingly not named Kimba. Mufasa: The Lion King opens in theaters on December 20.
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