The classic Simba tale will be followed by a TV series 'The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar' in November before a TV series debuts early next year.
- August 12, 2015
AceShowbiz -
"Lion King" is getting a follow-up story on Disney. Rob Lowe and Gabrielle Union are tapped to voice the characters along with Sarah Hyland, joining some of the original cast members James Earl Jones (Musafa) and Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa).
A TV movie called "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" that centers on Kion, the second-born cub of Simba and Nala, will air on Disney Channel this November. It will be followed by "The Lion Guard" series, due early 2016 on Disney Junior.
Lowe and Union will voice Simba and Nala respectively. 11-year-old Max Charles voices Kion who becomes the leader of the Lion Guard, a team of animals tasked with preserving the Pride Lands. The sequel is described as "The Lion King meets The Avengers."
The Avengers-esque group includes Joshua Rush's Bunga, a fearless honey badger; Atticus Shaffer's Ono, an intellectual egret; Diamond White's Fuli, a confident cheetah; and Dusan Brown's Beshte, a good-spirited hippo.
