Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ Prequel Casts Aaron Pierre & Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Young Mufasa & Scar

News August 26, 2021 8:36 pm Caleb Williams

Today, Variety announced that Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins has found his young Mufassa and Scar. According to the report, OLD star Aaron Pierre and The Trial of the Chicago 7 star Kelvin Harrison Jr. will voice Mufassa and Scar in the upcoming prequel.

We at Knight Edge Media revealed back in February that the studio had begun searching for actors to take over the roles from James Earl Jones and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film will once again be a realistic CGI film like the original 2019 film starring Donald Glover & Beyonce. It will tell the story of how Taka became Scar; second in line to the thrown from Mufassa.

The Lion King 2 has no set release date

Small Tidbit….Casting has begun for Young Mufasa and Young Scar in #TheLionKing prequel pic.twitter.com/NFAXjEhKke

— Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) February 27, 2021

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Mufasa: The Lion King, Walt Disney Studios

Caleb Williams

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media. Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

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