The Lion King live-action remake has found its Mufasa and Simba!
Donald Glover and James Earl Jones are slated to take on the roles. The Atlanta star is in talk to play Simba in the film directed by Jon Favreau, director of 2016’s hit The Jungle Book. Meanwhile, Jones, who voiced Simba’s father Mufasa in the original 1994 animated film, will return to reprise the role.
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