In The Lion King Scar doesn’t just kill Mufasa, he also betrays Simba so he can rule the Pride Lands. In the movie’s climax, he and Simba come head-to-head after Scar reveals that he was the one who ...

Kovu’s physical resemblance to Scar has led many viewers to wonder if they are biologically related in The Lion King franchise. Although Kovu is the son of Zira, the films never reveal the identity of ...

Scar is the ultimate animated antagonist. First introduced in "The Lion King" in 1994, the dark lion is a topic of conversation in the fandom not just as the villain of the movie, but because of his ...

The release of Jon Favreau's live-action take on The Lion King has also reinvigorated interest in the original film, prompting a number of questions that not even the wisdom of Rafiki could ever hope ...

The new series takes place within the world of The Lion King, carving space between scenes from the original film. After Simba’s birth, Scar realizes he will never be king while his brother and nephew ...

Last week saw the release of the rebooted The Lion King, an attempt to capitalize on the billion-dollar success of the 1994 original. With a star-studded cast, the reboot closely follows the plot of ...

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Disney's remake of "The Lion King." The new "Lion King" film adds a little more to Scar's backstory. In the film, he asks for Sarabi — his brother's mate — to be ...

While "The Lion King" certainly has its darker elements, one scene left out of the original animated film may not have been ...

A dramatic video of a catfight that eerily reflects the brutal cliff scene in The Lion King went viral on Twitter. The video of two cats fighting on a rooftop garnered more than 6 million views, more ...

Shrishty is a decade-old journalist covering a variety of beats between politics to pop culture, but movies are her first love, which led her to study Film and TV Development at UCLAx. She lives and ...

"The Lion King" returns to Wichita for its 20th anniversary, having toured to slightly less than 100 cities, with more than 21 million people attending during the musical's two-decade run. Actors have ...

In Disney’s original animated version of The Lion King, the treacherous Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons) murdered his older brother, King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), usurped the throne as ruler of the ...