““Mufasa. The Lion King” is the same story as “Moonlight” but on a larger scale”

““Mufasa. The Lion King” is the same story as “Moonlight” but on a larger scale”
““Mufasa. The Lion King” is the same story as “Moonlight” but on a larger scale”

Barry Jenkins at the UK premiere of ‘Mufasa.’ Disney’s The Lion King at Cineworld Leicester Square, London, December 11, 2024. STILLMOVING.NET/SHUTTERSTOCK/SIPA / STILLMOVING.NET//SIPA

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What did the Oscar-winning director, spearhead of independent cinema, do at the helm of “Mufasa. The Lion King”, Disney blockbuster in live action? Response from the interested party.

As the title suggests, “Mufasa. The Lion King” goes back to the origins of Simba’s dad (hero of the first “Lion King”), whose conflicting destiny he retraces: separated from his family following a flood, taken in by a family of royal blood, he embarks, with his half-brother Taka, on an initiatory journey to escape the threat of Kyros and his clan. The film, which is released for the thirtieth anniversary of the franchise, is directed by Barry Jenkins. So what did the Oscar-winning director of “Moonlight” and the slavery series “The Underground Railroad” do at the helm of a Disney blockbuster? What does this champion of Afro-Americanness and outcasts have in common with the new avatar of the animated saga about a line of felines with divine right? What could have attracted this spearhead of independent cinema, lover of Claire Denis and Wong Kar-wai, to a musical blockbuster in live action if not the money?

How did the director of “Moonlight” end up shooting “Mufasa. The Lion King”, a Disney without any humans on screen?

Barry Jenkins In March 2020, the production of my series “The Underground Railroad” [sur l’esclavagisme, NDLR] was ending. We had slowly started editing when the Covid pandemic arrived and then, in July 2020, I received the script for “Mufasa. The Lion King.” Without reading, on the simple idea that I…

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