Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In the new Lion King prequel, director Barry Jenkins wanted to ensure that ...

Pierre said Jones "truly is the top of the mountain" in regard to his legacy. Aaron Pierre is opening up about honoring James Earl Jones as the latest actor to voice Mufasa in the forthcoming film ...

The upcoming Mufasa: The Lion King will feature a tribute to the late James Earl Jones, according to director Barry Jenkins. Speaking to Variety, Jenkins revealed that the upcoming movie will pay ...

Before knowing who he was, Aaron Pierre felt James Earl Jones in his soul. While Pierre plays a young Mufasa in the Disney prequel “Mufasa: The Lion King” (in theaters now), Jones originated the ...

Mufasa: The Lion King has a touching tribute to one of the franchise's original stars, as it begins with a James Earl Jones quote. The 2024 Disney movie is a prequel to 2019's "live-action" The Lion ...

Mufasa: The Lion King opens with a tribute to the late James Earl Jones. The legendary actor, who voiced Mufasa in the original 1994 Lion King film and its live-action remake in 2019, passed away at ...

Director Barry Jenkins is revealing how Mufasa: The Lion King honors late actor James Earl Jones. The new prequel film, about the iconic lion whom Jones voiced in the 1994 animated film, opens on a ...

"The View" star took a moment to tribute Jones during the live show, after the actor died Monday at age 93. "Before we go, we want to send our condolences out to the family of James Earl Jones. He was ...

Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” begins with the voice of James Earl Jones, followed by a title card that reads, “In Remembrance.” Jones, who died in September at 93 years old, originated the voice of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones and Donald Glover are lending their voices to Disney‘s upcoming remake of “The Lion King.” Director Jon Favreau announced the casting of the two men as voice actors.