“Good Morning America” has the exclusive trailer debut for Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
Get ready to roar, because “Good Morning America” has the exclusive trailer debut for Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
The first look at the highly anticipated film, which aired Monday on “GMA,” features Aaron Pierre as the voice of Mufasa, the role previously voiced by James Earl Jones in previous “Lion King” movies.
“This story begins far beyond the mountains and the shadows, on the other side of the light. A lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood. A lion who would change our lives forever,” a voiceover says.
We see sweeping shots of the recognizable savannah and all the creatures that call it home — including giraffes, hippos, elephants, and, yes, lions — but we are also introduced to an icy environment as well.
“Destiny awaits you,” the voiceover says later in the clip, which ends with Mufasa taking a giant leap.
Jenkins told “GMA” he was drawn to the “powerful” script written by Jeff Nathanson and the chance to tackle something as culturally resonant as “The Lion King” universe.
The “If Beale Street Could Talk” director said he has an “intimate relationship” with the 1994 animated classic and felt there was “something kind of interesting to chase about what my aesthetic paired with this sort of entity … would look like.
