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‘The Lion King’ Prequel: Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Aaron Pierre To Lead Cast For Disney & Barry Jenkins

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EXCLUSIVE: The Lion King prequel is roaring into life. We can reveal that Waves and The Trial Of The Chicago 7 star Kelvin Harrison Jr.

and The Underground Railroad star Aaron Pierre are set to lead voice cast.Production is underway on the anticipated feature, which will see Moonlight director Barry Jenkins further explore the mythology of the iconic characters, including Mufasa’s origin story.Pierre — who recently teamed up with Jenkins on Amazon series The Underground Railroad — will play Mufasa while Harrison Jr.

is playing Taka. Additional casting is in process with plenty of big names likely.The untitled prequel (which Disney describes as live-action) will continue with the photorealistic animation technology that director Jon Favreau

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