'GMA' spoke with director Barry Jenkins about the highly anticipated film.
Get ready to roar, because "Good Morning America" has the exclusive trailer debut for Barry Jenkins' "Mufasa: The Lion King."
"Destiny awaits you," the voiceover says later in the clip, which ends with Mufasa taking a giant leap. "The journey of this film is kind of understanding how someone can build a family out of these very disparate parts," he said, adding that it's also about "how people who may be alone can find strength by coming together."As for what else drew him to the project, Jenkins said it was watching the 1994 animated version after he moved in with his sister, a single mom, and helped her raise his two nephews.
"GMA" also announced that joining Pierre in the voice cast are Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Taka, a lion prince with a bright future who accepts Mufasa into his family as a brother; Tiffany Boone as Sarabi; and Mads Mikkelsen as Kiros, a formidable lion with big plans for his pride.
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