Mufasa: The Lion King is not the eyesore of its predecessor. The sparkling clear eyes of cub Kiara alone prove that point. But neither is it the awe-inspiring vision of the 1994 original.

What makes Mufasa: The Lion King even more unique is the director behind the project. When Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning writer/director behind such emotional and profound films as Moonlight ...

Somehow, in between launching Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King with red carpet hullabaloo in Los Angeles and in London, Barry Jenkins found time to marry his longtime filmmaking partner Lulu Wang ...

The first thing you see on screen in Mufasa: The Lion King, Disney‘s latest attempt to squeeze another billion or so out of its gift that keeps on giving on stage and screen, is a dedication to ...

Disney, it seems, is at least open to feedback. While the 2019 version of The Lion King may have been a hit, critics and audiences alike expressed an aversion to the uncanny inexpressiveness of ...

NEW YORK — Over the four years he’s spent working on “Mufasa: The Lion King,” Barry Jenkins estimates that he’s been asked why he wanted to make it at least 400 times.

How did Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning director of “Moonlight,” find himself making “Mufasa: The Lion King” with the same virtual production tools that Jon Favreau used on “The Lion ...

It didn’t work out for Chandor with Kraven The Hunter, but Jenkins has fared marginally better with Mufasa: The Lion King.The CGI animals look a hell of a lot better than those in the comic book ...

However, what Jenkins does accomplish with Mufasa: The Lion King makes it almost worthwhile. (L-R): Young Rafiki (voiced by Kagiso Lediga) and Mufasa (voiced by Aaron Pierre) in Disney’s MUFASA ...

Two weeks before Mufasa: The Lion King hits theaters, filmmaker Barry Jenkins has admitted that, after spending three years working on the photorealistic animated movie, it was more than enough ...

“Mufasa: The Lion King” is a satisfying, enjoyable flick. It’s in little danger of becoming a classic but it’s gratifying to know that Barry Jenkins made this film his own, telling a fine ...