Blue Ivy Carter shall be becoming a member of her mom, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, within the film musical “Mufasa: The Lion King,” which is predicted in theaters in December.
The film — a prequel to “The Lion King,” the 2019 hyperrealistic remake of the Disney vintage starring Beyoncé because the tone of Nala — shall be directed by means of Barry Jenkins, who received a easiest tailored screenplay Oscar for “Moonlight.”
Blue Ivy, 12, will manufacture her quality movie debut by means of voicing Kiara, the daughter of Nala and Simba, who will once more be voiced by means of Donald Glover. (Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen and Thandiwe Newton can even grant their abilities.)
“A buddy of mine, Matthew Cherry, made the short film called ‘Hair Love’ that Blue Ivy did the audiobook of,” Jenkins advised Entertainment Weekly in an editorial revealed on Monday. “Starting this project and just having that in the ether, I was like, ‘Is it worth a shot? Would Blue Ivy want to do it? Would Beyoncé want to act opposite her daughter? Is it too close to home?’” he mentioned. “But once we put the question to them, they both responded with enthusiasm.”
Representatives for Beyoncé didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Utmost future, Blue Ivy joined Beyoncé onstage right through the Renaissance excursion, which wrapped up in October; she already has a Grammy, for easiest tune video for “Brown Skin Girl,” a unmarried by means of her mom. Beyoncé holds the record for most Grammys in history, with 32 wins.
“The Lion King,” which was once directed by means of Jon Favreau, was once a box-office smash, incomes $192 million at theaters in the US and Canada in its first weekend. It in the end made greater than $1.5 billion in price ticket gross sales globally.
