The Lion King prequel Mufasa gets a hair-raising first trailer that's all about destiny
Apr. 29, 2024The first trailer for Mufasa is here
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The first trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King is here, and it’s seriously epic.
In the clip, which you can watch above, we’re introduced to a young Mufasa – who doesn’t come from royalty himself. Rafiki narrates as we see Mufasa dodging crocodiles, running through what looks to be a stampede (uh oh), and looking to the stars. We also catch a glimpse of what appears to be our favorite duo, Timon and Pumbaa. Of course, it’s all set to that iconic tune, ‘Circle of Life.’
It looks like it’s drawing a lot of inspiration from the original movie, so perhaps father and son’s stories are more parallel than we ever knew.
By the sounds of things, if the Mufasa movie proves successful, we could be seeing more films in the same vein, too. “The Lion King could expand into a big, epic saga, like the Star Wars franchise,“Walt Disney Pictures president Sean Bailey has said. “There’s a lot of room to run if we can find the stories.”
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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