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 ...

Mufasa: The Lion King explores Mufasa and Scar's backstory years before The Lion King, filling in a few gaps and including new reveals, but one aspect of Scar's story is left out. Although the Lion ...

Scar's lies throughout The Lion King are what allow him to pull off his villainous coup, and the release of Mufasa: The Lion King just confirmed another major Scar lie from the 2019 remake. Throughout ...

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 ...

It’s always about a woman. That seems to be the only thing that can come between brothers, and in Mufasa: The Lion King, this universal truth is on full display. A woman is in reality the genesis of ...

Disney is returning to the Pride Lands to tell the story of Mufasa: The Lion King, a computer-animated prequel to The Lion King directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins. Mufasa: The Lion King ...

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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 ...