Blue Ivy Carter will be a part of her mom, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, within the musical movie “Mufasa: The Lion King,” due in theaters in December.
The movie – a prequel to “The Lion King,” the 2019 hyperrealistic remake of the Disney traditional, starring Beyoncé because the voice of Nala — might be directed by Barry Jenkins, who gained the Oscar for greatest tailored screenplay for “Moonlight.”
Blue Ivy, 12 years previous, will make her movie debut voicing Kiara, daughter of Nala and Simba, who will once more be voiced by Donald Glover. (Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen and Thandiwe Newton may also lend their skills.)
“A good friend of mine, Matthew Cherry, made the quick movie known as ‘Hair Love,’ which Blue Ivy made the audiobook for,” Jenkins mentioned. Weekly entertainment in an article printed on Monday. “Beginning this challenge and simply having it on the market, I used to be like, ‘Is that this value attempting? Would Blue Ivy need to do this? Would Beyoncé wish to act alongside her daughter? Is it too near residence?’” he mentioned. “However as soon as we requested them the query, they each responded enthusiastically.”
Representatives for Beyoncé didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Final yr, Blue Ivy joined Beyoncé on stage throughout her Renaissance tour, which resulted in October; she already has a Grammy for greatest music video for “Brown Pores and skin Woman”, her mom’s single. Beyoncé holds the record for most Grammys in historywith 32 victories.
“The Lion King”, directed by Jon Favreau, was a box office success, grossing US$192 million in theaters in the US and Canada in its first weekend. Finally, it grossed over $1.5 billion in ticket gross sales worldwide.
