The Lion King: Return to Pride Rock

The Lion King: Return to the Pride is a 2028 American musical adventure film directed by Jon Favreau and written by Jeff Nathanson. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a sequel to The Lion King (2019), which in turn was a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's 1994 animated film of the same name. The film features the returning voices of Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, John Oliver, John Kani, James Earl Jones, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and the new voices of Chadwick Boseman, Ice Cube, Forest Whitaker, Regina King, Tiffany Haddish, Taye Diggs, and Tika Sumpter. The plot follows Simba, now King of the Pride Lands, as he and his friends and family face off an army of lions from a region called "The Outlands", who believe the lands belong to Scar, as he was their most loyal leader. The film was released in the United States on July 14, 2028. It received generally mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the second remake of an animated Disney film to cross the $1 billion mark, after Beauty and the Beast in 2017.

Synopsis
Sometime after the events of the first film, Simba, now King of the Pride Lands, and his friends face off an army of lions from a region called "The Outlands", an want to take over the Pride Lands, believing the lands once belonged to Scar, as he was their most loyal leader.

Voice cast
Main article: List of The Lion King characters
 * Donald Glover as Simba: A lion who is the King of the Pride Lands, husband of Nala, son of Mufasa, and father of Kiara.
 * Chadwick Boseman as Kovu: a young lion who is Zira's youngest son and Manzari and Vitani's younger brother, as well as Scar's protegé and eventual successor.
 * Caleel Harris as a younger Kovu
 * Ice Cube as Manzari, Zira's oldest son and Kovu and Vitani's older brother. He is a rename of Nuka from the 1998 The Lion King sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
 * Forest Whitaker as Danny: an obese lion who is Zira's husband and Kovu, Manzari, and Vitani's father.
 * Regina King as Zira: an evil lioness who is Scar's loyal father and Kovu, Manzari, and Vitani's mother.
 * Tiffany Haddish as Vitani: Zira's daughter and Kovu and Manzari's sister.
 * Riele Downs as a younger Vitani
 * Taye Diggs Selini: a thin lion who serves as Zira's henchmen.
 * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala: a lioness who is the Queen of the Pride Lands, Simba's wife, and Kiara's mother.
 * Tika Sumpter as Kiara: a young lioness who is the Princess of the Pride Lands and Simba and Nala's daughter.
 * Bill Eichner as Timon: a meerkat who is Simba and Pumbaa's best friend.
 * Seth Rogen as Pumbaa: a warthog who is Simba and Timon's best friend.
 * John Oliver as Zazu: a hornbill who serves as the majordomo to the King of the Pride Lands.
 * John Kani as Rafiki: a mandrill who serves as the shaman of the Pride Lands.
 * James Earl Jones as Mufasa: the spirit of Simba's late father and the previous King of the Pride Lands.
 * Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar: the deceased uncle of Simba who appears in a flashback and in Simba's nightmare about Kovu.