The Lion King: Revisited

**•**  Jon Favreau **•**  Beyoncé **•**  Roger Allers **•**  Rob Minkoff **•**  Darrell Rooney **•**  Bradley Raymond **•**  Howy Parkins **•**  Barry Jenkins

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***The Lion King: Revisited*** is an upcoming fan series inspired by Disney's *The Lion King* franchise. Directed by Jon Favreau, Beyoncé, Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Darrell Rooney, Bradley Raymond, Howy Parkins, and Barry Jenkins, written by Jeff Nathanson, Ford Riley, Tom Rogers, Flip Kobler, and Cindy Marcus, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is an animated remake of 1994's *The Lion King*, its 1998 sequel, *The Lion King II: Simba's Pride*, its 2004 prequel/parallel, *The Lion King 1½*, and some episodes of the 2015 television series, *The Lion Guard*. The film stars an ensemble cast of actors reprising their voice roles from previous *Lion King* media, respectively, including Matthew Broderick and Jeremy Irons. The series was developed by 2019. Composers Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and lyricist Tim Rice, all of whom worked on the original 1994 animated film's soundtrack, returned to compose the score alongside Beau Black and Beyoncé, who assisted John in the reworking of the soundtrack. Christopher Willis, who scored *The Lion Guard*, also composed the film's musical score when Zimmer was not available at certain times.

## Voice cast

* Nathan Lane as Timon – Simba and Pumbaa's wisecracking meerkat friend. Timon is Bunga's other adoptive uncle.
* Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa – Simba and Timon's warm-hearted warthog friend. Pumbaa is Bunga's adoptive uncle.
* Matthew Broderick as Simba – A lion who is Mufasa's son, Nala's mate, Scar's nephew, and Kion and Kiara's father. He is the king of the Pride Lands and the leader of his pride. JD McCrary voices Simba as a cub.
* Gabrielle Union as Nala – A lioness who is Simba's mate, Kion and Kiara's mother. She is the queen of the Pride Lands. Shahidi Wright Joseph voices Nala as a cub.
* Eden Riegel as Kiara – A lioness who is Simba and Nala's daughter, Mufasa's granddaughter, Kion's older sister, the princess of the Pride Lands and its future queen. Michelle Horn voices Kiara as a cub.
* Rob Lowe as Kopa – The eldest son of Simba and Nala.
* James Earl Jones as Mufasa – Simba's father and Kion and Kiara's paternal grandfather who was the original king of the Pride Lands and was killed by a wildebeest stampede orchestrated by his younger brother Scar. Since his death, he lives on as a spirit that gives Kion advice on how to get through any tough plight.
* Khary Payton as Rafiki – A wise old mandrill who serves as a Royal Mjuzi (a Pride Lands word for knowledge keeper and advisor) for the royal family of Pride Rock.
* Alfre Woodard as Sarabi – Mufasa's mate, Simba's mother, and the leader of the lioness hunting party.
* Max Charles as Kion – A lion who is Simba and Nala's second-born cub, Mufasa's grandson, Kiara's younger brother, the prince of the Pride Lands and the leader of the Lion Guard as well as its fiercest member.
* Jason Marsden as Kovu – A lion who is Zira's youngest son and the younger brother of Nuka and Vitani. Ryan O'Donohue voices Kovu as a cub via archival recordings from *The Lion King II: Simba's Pride*.
* Lacey Chabert as Vitani – A lioness who is Zira's daughter and the sister of Nuka and Kovu.
* Whoopi Goldberg as Shenzi – The sassy and short-tempered female leader of Scar's henchmen of hyenas.
* Diamond White as Fuli – A cheetah who is the fastest member of the Lion Guard, the only female member (before Anga), Kion's friend and second-in-command.
* Maia Mitchell as Jasiri – A hyena living in the Outlands who is the leader of the clan and allies with Kion.
* Dusan Brown as Beshte – A hippopotamus who is the strongest member of the Lion Guard and Kion's friend. His friendliness extends to everyone, as he acts like a big brother to the younger members of his herd, a friend to animals of all different species, and a protector of the Pride Lands at large.
* Joshua Rush as Bunga – A honey badger who is the bravest member of the Lion Guard. He is Timon and Pumbaa's adoptive nephew and Kion's best friend.
* Atticus Shaffer as Ono – An egret who is Kion's friend.
* Bryana Salaz as Anga – An eagle who takes over as the keenest of sight from Ono.
* Behzad Dabu as Azaad – A prideful cheetah that the Lion Guard encounter in his canyon during their journey to the Tree of Life. He later helped them to the Tree of Life where he visited before and guided them down the fastest route to the Pride Lands where he later meets Simba and Nala. He is also Fuli's love interest.
* Andrew Kishino as Janja – Initially a cunning, arrogant, and vicious hyena who is the leader of his all-male clan, later a friendly and loyal hyena.
* Landry Bender as Makini – A young mandrill who becomes Rafiki's apprentice.
* Blair Underwood as Makuu – A formerly villainous crocodile who is the leader of the crocodile float, reforming from his trouble-making ways.
* Miki Yamashita as Nirmala – The Night Pride's healer. She is the one who guides Kion in his recovery process.
* Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Rani – The leader of the Night Pride and Kion's love interest.
* Hudson Yang as Baliyo – Rani's younger brother.
* Lou Diamond Phillips as Surak – Janna's son and Rani and Baliyo's uncle.
* Shohreh Aghdashloo as Janna – The former queen of the Night Pride, mother of Surak, and grandmother of Rani and Baliyo.
* Sarah Hyland as Tiifu – A lion friend of Kiara and a member of Simba's pride who is somewhat more sensible than her constant companion Zuri.
* Madison Pettis as Zuri – Another lion friend of Kiara and a member of Simba's pride who is somewhat vain and hates getting dirty.
* Rachel Crow as Imara – The strongest member of Vitani's Lion Guard, given her tenacity. With a stocky build, she proves nearly as strong as Beshte.
* Michael Luwoye as Askari – A lion and the leader of the original Lion Guard who was the second-born of the unnamed king and queen and a distant relative of Mufasa, Simba, and Kion. His spirit teaches Kion about how the roar works during Kion's journey to the Tree of Life.
* Nika Futterman as Zira – A lioness who is the mother of Kovu, Vitani, and Nuka and the leader of the Outsiders. After the death of Scar, Simba banished her and her clan from the Pride Lands.
* Andy Dick as Nuka – An adolescent lion who is the oldest son of Zira and the older brother of Kovu and Vitani.
* Lynette DuPree as Ma Tembo – An adult African bush elephant with a broken right tusk, who attains leadership of her father Aminifu's herd after his death.
* Erica Luttrell as Boboka – A sable antelope who is part of Bupu's herd.
* Maurice LaMarche as Kifaru – A white rhinoceros with poor eyesight.
* Michael Dorn as Bupu – A stubborn sable antelope who is the leader of the herd and values polite behavior.
* Vargus Mason as Cheezi – An excitable hyena who is one of Janja's right-hand henchmen.
* Kevin Schon as Chungu – An unintelligent hyena with a slightly heavier build than the other hyenas who is the other of Janja's right-hand henchmen.
* Ana Gasteyer as Reirei – A clever, scheming and manipulative jackal who is the matriarch of her family pack.
* Phil LaMarr as Goigoi – A greedy and dimwitted jackal who is Reirei's mate.
* Common as Kiburi – An arrogant crocodile who is the leader of his float of crocodiles who were former members of Makuu's float who defied Makuu's orders and were exiled for their evil deeds.
* Greg Ellis as Mzingo – A calculative vulture who is the leader of his parliament. He sometimes serves as Janja's spy and scout.
* Fiona Riley as Binga – A fun-loving honey badger and Bunga's love interest.
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Basi – A hippopotamus who is Beshte's father and leader of his and his son's pod.
* Nolan North as Tamka – An overconfident and unintelligent crocodile who is a member of Kiburi's float.
* Penny Johnson Jerald as Sarafina – Nala's mother.
* Jeff Bennett as Zazu – A hornbill who serves as the king's majordomo (or "Mufasa's little stooge", as Shenzi calls him).
* Jacob Guenther as Dogo – A jackal pup who is one of Reirei and Goigoi's sons; he has blue eyes, while the other pups have brown eyes.
* Jeremy Irons as Scar – The treacherous brother of Mufasa, the brother-in-law of Sarabi and the uncle of Simba who seeks to take the mantle of king of the Pride Lands.
* Jim Cummings as Ed – A dim-witted hyena who does not talk, only communicating through laughter.
* Cheech Marin as Banzai – An aggressive and hot-headed hyena prone to complaining and acting on impulse.
* Keegan-Michael Key as Kamari
* Eric André as Azizi
* Julie Kavner as Ma – Timon's caring mother. She is overly protective and attached to her son, often trying to get him accepted amongst the colony, but never succeeding.
* Jerry Stiller as Uncle Max – Timon's paranoid, eccentric but kind-hearted uncle. The film is dedicated to Stiller who died in May 2020.
* Maisie Klompus as Madoa – A hyena who is Jasiri's sister and is part of her clan.
* Alex Cartañá as Twiga – A Masai giraffe who is the leader of her herd.
* Meghan Strange as Laini – A galago who is the leader of her group in Ndefu Grove.
* Christian Slater as Ushari – A short-tempered cobra who used to live in the Pride Lands and would get disturbed whenever the Lion Guard was near him.
* Renée Elise Goldsberry as Dhahabu – A plains zebra with golden stripes who is the leader of her herd. Bunga admires her greatly. Dhahabu is modeled after the late Zoe the Golden Zebra who resided in Hawaii's Three Ring Ranch.
* Rico Rodriguez as Raha – A plains zebra who is Starehe's brother and part of Dhahabu's herd.
* Raini Rodriguez as Starehe – A plains zebra who is Raha's sister and part of Dhahabu's herd.
* Justin Felbinger as Mtoto – An elephant calf who idolizes Beshte. He appears to be innocent with little understanding of the world. His playful nature often gets him into trouble, though his intentions are usually good.
* Nick Watt as Zito – A grouchy and impatient African bush elephant who is part of Ma Tembo's herd.
* Sinbad as Uroho – A sneaky yellow baboon who is the leader of the Traveling Baboon Show.
* Iain Armitage as Kimba – A white lion cub who is the adoptive son of Kopa.
* Marsai Martin as Kula – A lioness cub and Kimba's close friend.
* Yara Shahidi as Tama – A teen lioness who is an acquaintance of Simba.
* Frank Welker as Strange lion – An elderly lion and a rogue stranger who Scar encounters.
* Avery Brooks as Mohatu – Simba's great-grandfather. Brooks previously voiced the character in *The Brightest Star* audiobook.
* Keith David as Leo – Kimba's father and a distant relative of the Great Spirit.
* Jalen Askins as Afua – Kopa's childhood friend and Tiifu's mate. Askins was to voice an alternate counterpart of Afua in the cancelled Night Pride fan-made series.
* Joaquin Phoenix as Kenai – Phoenix previously voiced the Disney character in *Brother Bear*.
* Jeremy Suarez as Koda – Suarez previously voiced the Disney character in *Brother Bear* and *Brother Bear II*.

Additionally, C.J. Byrnes, Jack McBrayer, Savannah Lee Smith, Sophie Reynolds, Howy Parkins, Dee Bradley Baker, Beau Black, and Cam Clarke reprise their roles as Tamaa, Badili, Kasi, Tazama, Mbeya, Tano, Nne, and Mwoga from *The Lion Guard*, respectively. Eric Bauza voices Fred, Timon's rival back at the meerkat colony, and Sabrina Carpenter voices Shabaha, the bravest member of Vitani's Lion Guard, respectively. Caleb McLaughlin, Grey DeLisle, Paul Dobson, and Colin Murdock are featured in undisclosed roles.

Kijana, Dogo's brothers, Mtoto's mother, Tunu, Wema, Mwenzi, Hodari, Mwevi, Mwizi, Shupavu, Njano, Nyeusi, Nyata, Waza, Juhudi, Shingo, Vuruga Vuruga, Nduli, and Aminifu will also appear.

## Episodes

### Season 1

* New Acquaintances For Timon
* The Circle Of Life
* King For A Day
* Be Prepared
* Stampede
* Raising Simba
* The Famine
* Can You Feel The Love Tonight
* Battle For Pride Rock

### Season 2

* He Lives In You
* We Are One
* Return Of The Roar
* Lions Of The Outlands
* The Rise Of Scar
* Snow Day
* Hyena Resistance
* Pride Landers Unite!

### Season 3

* The Ultimate Showdown
* Battle For The Pride Lands
* The Tree Of Life
* Kiara's First Hunt
* The Unwelcome Stranger
* Love Will Find A Way
* Return To The Pride Lands
* Epilogue: An Important Coronation
* New Beginnings

### Season 4

* Afua And The Legend Of The Outsiders
* Babu's Hide And Seek
* Boga's Pouncing Lesson
* Prince Kopa
* Sabini's Daring Rescue
* Makini Fables: The New Apprentice

### Season 5

* Zebra Crossing
* Lion Guard: The Night Mission
* Hadithi: Keenest Of Sight
* Bad Omens

### Season 6

* Prides Of Destiny
* Lion Guard: The Leo Dynasty
* Lion Guard: Wild Schemes And Catastrophes