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Later this 12 months, Disney is taking viewers again to the world of Pleasure Rock with Mufasa, a prequel to its 2019 live-action remake of The Lion King. If you end up wanting to observe the unique animated model once more, excellent news: that one’s getting a re-release.
To honor the animated film’s thirtieth anniversary on June 15, Disney’s bringing the beloved movie again to theaters in July. At time of writing, it’s unclear simply how lengthy it’ll be taking part in on the silver display screen, since re-releases are inclined to vary anyplace from a number of days to over per week. It hasn’t been that lengthy because the animated Lion King was taking part in in theaters, really—final 12 months to have fun the studio’s personal a centesimal anniversary, Disney put the film in choose Cinemark theaters for 2 weeks, and one-day screenings in Polish theaters.
Even earlier than the live-action remake and its upcoming sequel got here into being, The Lion King’s had an eventful legacy. A 12 months after its launch, Disney launched the spinoff present Timon & Pumbaa, which went on for 3 seasons. Extra famously, the direct-to-video sequel Simba’s Pleasure in 1998 had a much bigger affect, if solely as a result of it launched a foul boy lead in Kovu, the son of certainly one of Scar’s followers. As soon as the 2000s got here round, Disney put out one other straight-to-video film in Lion King 1 1/2, and let Simba be a recurring visitor character within the Kingdom Hearts video games.
The Lion King’s re-release will start on July 12, whereas Mufasa: The Lion King will come out on December 20.
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