‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: Barry Jenkins Defends Film Over “Soulless Disney” Criticism Online

The spring sun blazed down on London’s Royal Festival Hall for the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday and the conditions were right for Baby Reindeer to bask in its success. 

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com The reigning Queen of Comic-Con and the ultimate science fiction superstar, Sigourney Weaver, might be gearing up to conquer yet another interstellar franchise. Weaver is in talks to join the cast of the Star Wars film, “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” Variety has confirmed.

Sigourney Weaver is in talks to return to space for a key role in the next Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Megan Thee Stallion has shared a new single called ‘BOA’ – you can listen to it below.Continuing the snake theme of the Houston rapper’s current era, the song follows on from her recent tracks ‘Cobra’ and ‘Hiss’.It is built around a sample of Gwen Stefani‘s 2004 solo song ‘What You Waiting For?’, and was produced by Megan’s frequent collaborator Lil Ju (aka LilJuMadeDaBeat).“I be showing my ass, they mad huh?/ Bitches is bitter, they thought it was sweet,” she spits in the first verse. “All of sudden they vegan, they don’t want beef/ Talking outta veneers, I’m knocking out teeth.”Later, Megan raps over Stefani’s infectious “Tick-tock” refrain: “Bitch yo time up, why is you not clockin’ out? Doin’ shit for TikTok/ Bitch, I’m really hip-hop.”‘BOA’ arrives with some video game-inspired official visuals, which see a male character go head-to-head with Megan in a Street Fighter-style battle.

Megan Thee Stallion has dropped her new single “BOA” and she’s leaning into the whole snake theme!

North West is headed to the stage!

North West, Broadway’s Heather Headley and Grammy winner Lebo M. have been added to the cast of Disney’s The Lion King 30th Anniversary – A Live-to-Film Concert Event, a musical concert set to run May 24-25 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor North West is set to make her Hollywood Bowl debut next month at Disney’s live-to-film concert/screening of “The Lion King.” West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, is set to star alongside Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Billy Eichner, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Jennifer Hudson and Bradley GIbson. Broadway actress Heather Headley and Lebo M. round out the cast.

Whoops! Sounds like Prince William and Princess Catherine almost ruined King Charles III‘s coronation!

Barry Jenkins defends himself over criticism for helming the Disney prequel Mufasa: The Lion King.

Michaela Zee Barry Jenkins defended his involvement in “Mufasa: The Lion King” after he was criticized on social media this week for helming the Disney live-action prequel. Jenkins shared the first “Mufasa” trailer on X (formerly Twitter) following its release on Monday, which prompted some fans to criticize the filmmaker, known for the Oscar-winning films “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” for working on such a mainstream project.

Mufasa, the prequel to 2019’s The Lion King, has been released, confirming that Beyoncé and Donald Glover will be back.The new Disney film, which was confirmed a few years ago following the success of the remake, tells the origin story of King Mufasa, and is directed by Moonlight‘s Barry Jenkins, while 2019 film scribe Jeff Nathanson returns as a screenwriter.“This story begins far beyond the mountains and the shadows, on the other side of the light,” Rafiki (John Kani) narrates in the clip, which showcases the photorealistic style used in the 2019 film.“A lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood. A lion who would change our lives forever.

Disney has dropped a teaser for Mufasa: The Lion King, a prequel for the studio’s 2019 photorealistic version of the animated 1994 classic The Lion King.

The first teaser trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King has debuted online!

Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has made celebrated indies (“Medicine for Melancholy”), Academy Award-winning dramas (“Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”), and an epic ten-part historical period series (“The Underground Railroad”), but his latest film, “Mufasa: The Lion King,” is easily his biggest and most ambitious leap to date. A live-action-styled photorealistic animated prequel to the 1994 film “The Lion King,” and the similar-looking 2019 remake from director Jon Favreau, Disney has released the first look trailer for the film that comes out in December.

So many stars stepped out to celebrate Nicole Kidman at the 49th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Saturday night (April 27) in Hollywood, Calif.

Don’t come for Megan Thee Stallion!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Epic war-time survival tale “The Guns of Muschu” has already assembled a weighty cast ahead of a production start in the first quarter of 2025. The film is an adaptation of the non-fiction book “The Guns of Muschu,” written by Don Dennis, with an adapted screenplay by Tom Broadhurst and Jack Brislee (“Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan”). The narrative brings to life a pivotal chapter of Australian war history with gritty authenticity, recounting the high body count Operation Copper, a mission during WWII when Australian and New Zealand troops were sent into the jungles of Papua New Guinea. The objective of the mission was to investigate the Japanese defenses on Muschu Island, capture a Japanese officer for interrogation and discover the location of two naval guns on the island that were protecting a harbor.

Thania Garcia Megan Thee Stallion‘s former photo and videographer alleges he was forced to witness her having sex with a woman in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles. Plaintiff Emilio Garcia is also accusing the Texas-born entertainer of harassment and a hostile work environment.

Megan Thee Stallion’s former personal cameraman is taking the Mean Girls actress and Roc Nation to court for creating an “intolerable” and “hostile abusive work environment.”