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 ...

For many years, the death of Bambi’s mom has been the high (or low) watermark for childhood trauma in Disney animation, but new evidence seems to indicate that there’s a new King of the Psychodrama ...

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The wheels of time often move slowly when it comes to putting together a high-budget, high-stakes Disney animated film. And that caused a problem after Disney booked Atlanta actor Braelyn Rankins more ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Taka (voiced by Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is a young lion prince who meets Mufasa (voiced by Aaron ...

Mufasa: The Lion King might be named after the iconic character, but Mufasa isn't the only one whose backstory the movie explores. Instead, the movie works as sort of a tale of the past told by Rafiki ...

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 ...