Disney showed off more from its upcoming photorealistic prequel Mufasa: The Lion King. A trailer that debuted Friday during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23 showcases a different, more innocent side of the young “brotherhood” that Mufasa and Scar develop before their relationship is ultimately fractured.
Watch the trailer, which served as the finale to the three-hour Disney presentation, above. Audiences at D23 were also treated to a scene from the film that even featured a new song, penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The song, titled “I Always Wanted A Brother,” depicts appears in a scene where Mufasa and Scar are young cubs. They quickly become friends and, eventually, more like siblings as the song progresses and they grow into young adults.
Lin-Manuel Miranda surprises the #D23 crowd as reveals a tease of the music we’ll be hearing in ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ #D23 pic.twitter.com/v2BDuRrKcG “That’s the first voice you will hear in Mufasa,” Miranda said, adding that he was in the middle of writing Encanto when he received a screenplay.
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