'Lion King' Prequel in The Works With Barry Jenkins

“Helping my sister raise two young boys during the '90s, I grew up with these characters. Having the opportunity to work with Disney on expanding this magnificent tale of friendship, love and legacy while furthering my work chronicling the lives and souls of folk within the African diaspora is a dream come true,” said Jenkins in a statement.

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More Lion King is certainly coming in soon thanks to director Barry Jenkins. The director who won the Oscar for Moonlight is said to be helming a prequel to the 2019 Disney mega success. The film's scribe Jeff Nathanson has penned a draft of the prequel.

Jon Favreau directed the first installment, a remake of the 1994 animated classic. It used innovative techniques to create photorealistic animals and African landscapes and voice starred Donald Glover as Simba and Beyonce as Nala. It became a massive hit, earning $1.65 billion globally for Disney.

“Helping my sister raise two young boys during the '90s, I grew up with these characters. Having the opportunity to work with Disney on expanding this magnificent tale of friendship, love and legacy while furthering my work chronicling the lives and souls of folk within the African diaspora is a dream come true,” said Jenkins in a statement.

Jenkins earned a screenwriting Oscar for 2017 best picture winner Moonlight, which he directed, and was also nominated for his screenplay for his directorial followup, 2018's If Beale Street Could Talk. He recently wrapped filming on the Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad.

Nathanson's credits also include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) for Disney.

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