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Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Lion King’ Prequel Casts Aaron Pierre as Mufasa and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Scar
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr. will venture with director Barry Jenkins to the Pride Lands, with the actors set to voice Mufasa and Scar in Disney’s upcoming prequel to “The Lion King.”After the studio’s 2019 photo-realistic adaptation of the animated classic grossed $1.6 billion at the global box office, Disney was eager to return to the vast savanna and greenlit a follow-up with Jenkins, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning “Moonlight,” at the helm.