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Mufasa: The Lion King is a 2024 American CGI animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel/prequel to the 2019 remake of the 1994 animated movie of the same title. This film is about Rafiki, who tells the origin story of two lions, Mufasa and Taka, to Kiara, with the story following the orphan Mufasa, who is befriended by the young prince Taka and adopted by Taka's family with the pair becoming as close as brothers.

Directed by Barry Jenkins. Written by Jeff Nathanson.
The story of an orphan who would be king.taglines

Mufasa

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Cub

  • [wet.] I'm not a stray, I'm just…lost.

Young adult

  • Sometimes, I get a scent. It's barely a trace on the wind. It smells like home. Then it's gone.
  • [from the second trailer] I'm here to protect you, my brother.
  • [from the third and final trailer] He's going to start a new kingdom.
  • [from the third trailer] I will not bend to evil. We must fight together.
  • I'm not king, not royal blood.
  • As long as I'm king, my brother will have a place here. [Taka: Mufasa, I'm so…] But I won't ever say your name again. I can't...I won't!
  • [Taka: Then call me Scar - so I’ll never forget what I have done.] "Scar."
  • Operatic roaring while standing on Pride Rock like adult Simba at the end of the movie with his last line

Taka / Scar

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Cub

  • [to Mufasa, when they just first met.] Hello, I’m Taka; son of Obasi! What’s your name? [Mufasa replies: Mufasa.]
  • [from the second trailer] I have a secret, Mufasa. I always wanted a brother.

Yound Adult

  • [jumps of the waterfall with Mufasa.] This was a bad idea!
  • [Mufasa: Taka, do not eat him.] [from the third and final trailer] Wonderful. Another we're not supposed to eat.
  • You stole my destiny. Now this is yours.
  • Then call me Scar - so that I can't forget what I have done. [Mufasa: "Scar."] Your majesty. [then walks away.]

Rafiki

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Adult

  • It’s time I tell you a story. A story of a cub not much bigger than you.
  • [from the first trailer] This story begins far beyond the mountains and the shadows on the other side of the light. A lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood, a lion who would change our lives forever.
  • [from the second trailer] Long before they became legends, Mufasa and the prince, who would come to be known as "Scar," became brothers.

Young Adult

  • [from the third and final trailer] If you take my life, you will never find where you are going.
  • I am not a baboon, I am a mandrill.
  • We are nearing destiny, Mufasa. And so the earth must shake.
  • [from the first trailer] Destiny awaits you.
  • It's not about what you were, it's what you will become.
  • It is your time, Mufasa.

Kiros

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  • [from the second trailer and his most famous quote] The Circle is broken. There will be one Lion King.
  • [from the third and final trailer] We have come to rule without mercy.
  • Everything the light touches belongs to me.
  • Blood for blood!
  • [last words] I didn’t kill him… you did.

Kiara

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Eshe

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  • MUFASA, RUN!!!
  • They were huge, white as ghosts, like nothing I've seen before.
  • Mufasa, you and Taka together. That is home.
  • Taka, your moment of courage will come.
  • I told you to wait for me! [Taka: But we can't just leave him here.] Rules are rules, Taka. The king will never accept a stray.

Dialogue

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In remembrance of James Earl Jones
Mufasa: [from offscreen; archive audio] Look at the stars, whenever you feel alone, the great kings of the past will always be prepared to guide you. And so will I.
Timon: [he and Pumbaa enter the scene.] Security detail reporting for duty. Your Grace, Your Higness...
Pumbaa: Ruler of all four-legged creatures. [bows.]
Timon: And that one three-legged zebra.
Pumbaa: Oh, right. Ron. That was tragic.
Timon: It was an eat-an-Ron.
Pumbaa: Yeah.
Timon: Ron has three legs. That's still one more than me.
Pumbaa: [looking at Timon's arms] Well, are those arms are legs?
Timon: I don't know. I think they're paws.
Pumbaa: I consider all those legs.
Simba: Guys, this is serious. I need you to stay with Kiara until I get back.
Pumbaa: Are you saying that your security detail has been called on to do babysitting.
Timon: Pumbaa, we should really discuss this, because [whispers in Pumbaa's ear.] I don't really love chil—
Simba: Guys, I promised her everything will be okay.
Timon: [sarcastically] Well, that's one way to parent.
Pumbaa: [sarcastically] She's gotta grow up sometime.
Timon: What else did you tell her? That she can be whatever she wants to be?
Pumbaa: That life is fair?
Simba: I need you two to try and act like adults, okay? Don't scare Kiara. And most of all, no stories.
Pumbaa: No stories?
Timon: Wait a sec.
Simba: I know where your head goes. I grew up with you two. Promise me.
Pumbaa: You know what, you know what, you know what? Fine. No stories.
Timon: Speak for yourself, Pumbaa.
Pumbaa: No. Pssh. [whispers to Timon] We'll tell a story anyway.
Timon: [whispers back] Okay. We're gonna tell him that we're not gonna tell a story, and then we're gonna tell a story and then...
Simba: Are you guys serious? I'm clearly with an earshot. [Kiara enters the scene.] Kiara. Hey, little one.
Kiara: *whimpers* [Simba circles around Kiara, then lies down.] Dad? The storm's coming, and I'm scared. I wanna go with you and Mom. [Kiara nuzzles Simba.] *whimpers* *purrs*
Simba: Well, Don't be scared, my love. Timon and Pumbaa will watch you while I'm gone. Be brave now, Kiara. Be brave. [Then leaves the scene.]
Pumbaa: [in normal voice] Okay, we prepared a story! [cut to the final battle from the remake, in which he and Timon defeat Scar instead of Simba].
Timon: [in normal voice, voiceover] Scar looked at us! He knew it was the end of the line! I COULD SMELL THE FEAR!
Pumbaa: [voiceover.] That was actually me, but yes. [Scar attacks, but Timon punches him. Then Pumbaa headbutts him off the cliff.]
Kiara: So you two defeated Scar, and then you ate him?
Timon: Honestly, one of the best meals I ever had.
Kiara: My dad told me he defeated Scar.
Timon: Well, okay, [Timon climbs onto Pumbaa's head. Pumbaa begins to trot deeper into the cave. Kiara follows.] but your dad, as we all know, is a pathological liar.
Bats: [from offscreen] *click*
Pumbaa: He's always lyin'. [Lightning flickers.] Get it?

[Suddenly, thunder rumbles. Kiara, Timon, and Pumbaa scramble for cover. Mysterious animal-like creature roaring noise are heard from offscreen with Godzilla roar sound effects. Kiara and Timon cower in-between two rocks.]

Kiara: [horrified.] I'm scared. I want Mom and Dad.

[Pumbaa darts up to Kiara and Timon's hiding place and with sticks his head through the crack after the comic text - BOOM! sound.]

Pumbaa: Now, look, look, look, look, look. Don't be scared, Kiara. How about... [with increasing joviality] we sing you a song? And a one...

[Timon walks toward Pumbaa.]

Timon: Pumbaa, no! It is way too early for the song!
Pumbaa: It worked on Simba! He thought he had murdered his own father. He was singin' and dancin' around in seconds!
Timon: [interrupting] I can't just turn it on like that. I have to be [Timon turns his head away dramatically.] in the moment.
Pumbaa: He sang that song for six years straight!
Timon: Well, who didn't?! What the...? [thunder rumbles again,Kiara gasps and cower against the ground while she, Timon and Pumbaa watch in horror.]

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! IT'S RON THE THREE-LEGGED ZEBRA! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Pumbaa: He heard what we've been sayin' about him! [Cut to a blurry view of the cave entrance, with Kiara smiling and walking toward it in the foreground.] We're sorry, Ron! They were just jokes! [Rafiki enters the scene]
Kiara: It's Rafiki. [runs to Rafiki.] Rafiki! Rafiki!
Rafiki: Little one, there's no reason to cry.
Kiara: My parents. They're gone.
Rafiki: Hey. [Rafiki walks toward the cave entrance. Kiara follows. In the background, Timon and Pumbaa follow as well.] Look out there, mdogo. You see those baobab trees blowing in the wind? [Cut to Rafiki's tree blowing in the wind, with Kiara and Rafiki approaching it in the foreground.] The roots of those trees are very strong, like your family. And just as they did for you, your parents have gone to the ceremonial birthing grounds, and when they return, [Cut to Kiara and Rafiki standing side by side in the cave entrance, while Timon and Pumbaa look on in the background.] the Circle of Life will bring a blessing to you, Kiara...

[Rafiki pats Kiara on the head.]

Kiara: *gasps*
Rafiki: ...that you will never forget.

[The camera zooms in on Timon and Pumbaa.]

Pumbaa: [whispering] Man, he's good. He's such a visual storyteller.
Timon: [whispering] Yet it makes sense that he lives alone.

[Thunder rumbles. Cut to Kiara and Rafiki walking deeper into the cave.]

Kiara: I just want the storm to pass, and then, I promise to be brave! Just a little bit...
Kiara: [sees Simba come back then runs to him.] DAD!!!
Pumbaa: Rafiki, that was unbelievable! You could not improve it!
Timon: That said, I do not have notes.
Pumbaa: A bunch of suggestions. Take 'em or leave 'em, but take 'em.
Kiara: Dad!
Simba: Kiara! [Kiara and Simba hug.] Kiara...
Kiara: [reunites with Simba.] Dad? Where's Mom?
Simba: Well love, there's something you need to know.
Kiara: What, did something happen to Mom?
Nala: [enters the scene with Kion.] Baby, I'm right here. And I'm fine.
Kiara: Where were you?!
Nala: Kiara... [A cub walks out from behind her.] ...this is your new brother.
Kiara: [confused] Brother? I have a brother? [more excited] [Kiara circles the cub.] Hey there. I'm Kiara. And I will take care of you...forever. [says the same thing Rafiki said to her.] Little one, let me tell you a story. A story of a great king.

Taglines

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  • The story of an orphan who would be king.
  • Two Brothers. One Destiny.
  • Orphan. Outsider. King. (Mufasa poster)
  • Prince. Brother. Villain. (Taka/Scar poster)

Voice cast

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Scrapped cast

  • Donald Glover as Adult Mufasa, the titular protagonist. He is the future father of Simba and the heir to the throne.
    • Singing voice by Aaron Pierre
      • JD McCrary as Young Mufasa
  • Chiewetel Ejiofor as Adult Anuar, the twist main antagonist. He is a stray lion who is the adoptive brother of Mufasa and Taka. Once he realizes that their mother, Queen Uru, killed his father (which proves that he's actually their cousin), he plans to kill Uru and Mufasa, and take over the Pride Lands, only to be defeated by Taka's Roar of the Elders.
    • Singing voice by Mads Mikkelsen
      • Braelyn Rankins as Young Anuar
  • Thandiwe Newton as Queen Uru, a major character. She is the Queen of the Pride Lands and the mother of Mufasa and Taka. She is later killed by Anuar in a stampede (the same way Scar killed Mufasa in the original film).
    • Singing voice by Lana McKissack
  • Keith David as King Ahadi, another major character. He is the King of the Pride Lands, the mate of Uru, and the father of Mufasa and Taka. He shows more love to Mufasa than Taka, and later scars Taka for befriending Zira. Years later, Anuar and Leah take over Pride Rock and kill Ahadi, Bianka, and Kiros.
    • Singing voice by Aaron Daniel Jacob
  • Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Adult Taka/Scar, the deuteragonist. He is the younger brother of Mufasa, and is poorly treated by Ahadi. He befriends Zira, only for her mother, Bianka, to take her home, and Ahadi to scold Taka and scar him. A day later, a trio of hyenas outnumber Mufasa, Sarabi, and Sarafina, only for Taka to use the Roar of the Elders to stop the hyenas, and Uru chooses him as the leader of the new Lion Guard, with him as the Fiercest, Zira as the Bravest, Sarafina as the Fastest, Chigaru as the strongest, and Zazu as the Keenest of Sight. Later, Taka teams up with Anuar so they could both rule the entire lands, but while Anuar fights Mufasa and is about to kill him, Taka attacks Anuar to save his brother, and uses the Roar to defeat him. He then tells Mufasa that his name will be Scar from now on, as a reminder of his mistake.
    • Singing voice by Danny Elfman
      • Theo Somolu as Young Taka
  • Tiffany Boone as Adult Sarabi, one of the two tritagonists. She is betrothed to Mufasa as the heiress to the throne. She later becomes the mother of Simba.
    • Eden Riegel as Young Sarabi
  • Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Adult Zira, the other tritagonist. She befriends Taka and later becomes the Bravest of Taka's Guard. She later becomes Scar's mate, the biological mother of Nuka, and the adoptive mother of Vitani and Kovu.
    • Maia Mitchell as Young Zira
  • Steve Blum as Regandi, a supporting character. He is the younger brother of Zira, and the youngest cub of Bianka overall. He and Leah later Janna and her Night Pride, and he falls in love with Janna, revealing that they're the biological parents of Kovu.
  • Preston Nyman as Zazu, another supporting character. He is majordomo of Ahadi and Uru, and later the Keenest of Sight of Taka's Guard, and later the majordomo of Mufasa and Sarabi. Nyman voices Zazu as a chick and an adult.

PAUSE!

  • Beyonce Knowles-Carter as Adult Sarafina, another major character. She is the best friend of Sarabi and later the mate of Chigaru.
    • Shahadi Wright Joseph as Young Sarafina
  • Kagiso Lediga as Rafiki, another major character. He is a wise mandrill who is the future shaman of Mufasa and Sarabi.
  • Travis Oates as Adult Chigaru, another supporting character. He is the Strongest of Taka's Guard, and later the mate of Sarafina.
    • Nat Faxon as Young Chigaru
  • Nika Futterman as Leah, the former secondary antagonist. She is the other daughter of Bianka who is younger than Zira and older than Regandi. She later falls in love with Anuar, as they plan rally the hyenas to unleash an elephant stampede so Anuar can overthrow Uru. Later in the final battle, Anuar orders her to kill her siblings, but she refuses as she goes on to tell him that he's hated everyone his whole life.
  • Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings as Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, the three tertiary antagonists. They and other hyenas, who worked for Inyanga before, team up with Anuar and Leah to kill Uru and Mufasa. Scar and Zira later team up with them at the end.
    • Florence Kasumba as Shenzi, only when saying "Mufasa is far too powerful to challenge...".
  • Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Abdul Salis as Bianka and Kiros, the parents of Zira, Leah, and Shaju. They, along with King Ahadi, later get killed by the hyenas.
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