Disney Classic: The Lion King is coming out with a prequel! The director said that this is not an ordinary movie?
In 1994, Disney's classic animated film "The Lion King" met the audience, this work adapted from "Hamlet", which caused a sensation as soon as it was released that year, and was recognized by many people as the pinnacle of hand-drawn animation. The film mainly revolves around the little lion Simba, telling the story of Simba's glory and difficulties in the process of growing up, overcoming himself, and finally challenging himself with the help of friends to regain the throne, staging a lion version of "The Prince's Revenge".
Even today, this work is still full of jokes and touches, and at the same time expresses the truth that nature is full of cycles and endless life. It is precisely because of this that in 2019, Disney also remade this classic animated film into a live-action version to be released again, using modern CG technology to restore real animals in real life, and released it in Chinese mainland ahead of schedule, and finally won a box office result of 834 million yuan, which shows that we still love the story of "The Lion King", but the fly in the ointment is that the live-action version is completely a reproduction of the animated version, without a single surprise, which also makes some audiences quite dissatisfied.
The Lion King's predecessor The Lion King Prequel: Mufasa is here
Since the remake of "The Lion King" makes many people feel that there is a lack of novelty, Disney also understands this, so there are already plans to produce the previous work, I believe we can know from the title, the new work will put the core of the story content on Simba's father "Mufasa", in fact, think carefully, Mufasa does have a lot of stories that can be explored, such as the love and hate with his brother Scar, the love story with his wife, including how Mufasa and the mandrill "Rafiki", and the red-billed bent-billed hornbill "Shazu" Acquaintances and so on, it is estimated that it will be the same as Simba's acquaintance with Ding Man and Peng Peng, full of drama.
In this regard, the director in charge of "The Lion King Prequel: Mufasa" "Barry Jenkins" also said that these audience's doubts will also be answered in this new work, and it should be noted that Barry Jenkins also clearly told reporters in an interview with "Entertainment Weekly" that this time "The Lion King Prequel: Mufasha" is not a prequel movie in the traditional sense that everyone thinks, because in this movie, you will see many familiar faces, and the characters in "The Lion King" will all appear. Both films have the same characters, and we live in the present while also going back in time to tell their stories.
I have to say that this director is really powerful, at first glance it is really surrounded by him in the clouds, in fact, what he said is that in this new film, all the characters will appear, and it also implies that the film will overlap in some scenes, and it is estimated that the montage will be used to tell the story of Mufasa's past, and at the same time tell the current things, and the overlap of the double lines will make Mufasha's story play a leading role in the present, so as to express the inheritance of the lion kingdom, and the truth that everything in the African savannah is cycling and endless. This is also the concept that the work "The Lion King" has always wanted to express.
At the same time, since it is a Disney movie, then music is definitely a top priority, you must know that the "Lion King" series has created too many classic songs, regardless of the quality of the movie, music must not lag behind, in the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020, "Spirit", "Never Too Late" two songs were nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song. It can be seen that the latest "The Lion King Prequel: Mufasa" will continue to work hard, and it is even possible to compete for the original music award for the Oscar again.
However, in addition to the advantages, the shortcomings of the film are still obvious, just because of this new work, Disney still uses CG technology and real scenes to shoot a live-action version, which is also the general trend, but in the previous remake of the "Lion King" live-action movie, because the lion in the movie actually has no expression. Unlike animated movies, it can show rich expressions and funny exaggerated, imaginative scenes that are criticized by the audience. In short, the live-action version is not as vivid as the animated version, so in this regard, Disney must overcome, if not, it is better to present it directly in an animated way.
Director: Barry Jenkins
Compared with the director of the first part of "The Lion King" "Jon Favreau", this time Disney hired black director "Barry Jenkins" has a great origin, because as early as 2016, he won the 89th Academy Awards Best Picture Award for his self-written and directed feature film "Moonlight Boy", and was even shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Director in the same year. Although the Oscars have a preference for works on black themes, it does not negate Barry Jenkins' talent, Barry Jenkins does have his own way in terms of storytelling ability, otherwise in 2017, he would not have successfully won the 34th Independent Spirit Award for Best Director with the crime romance movie "If Beale Street Could Talk".
So Disney invited such a director to escort "The Lion King Prequel: Mufasa", which is enough to prove the importance of the film, so let's wait and see! Let's see how unusual this unusual movie really is! Finally, I don't know what everyone thinks about this new film? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area, if you like it, I hope to click a free like, thank you for your encouragement and support, and wish you good things every day.