Even though Disney’s sequel to its ‘Lion King’ reboot is still in cinemas steadily adding to its already impressive $650m global haul, the studio has already released detailed information on Mufasa’s upcoming (April 1st) 4K Blu-ray release. And the good news is that the film’s apparent legions of fans can expect hours of new extra content to entertain them once they’ve watched the film in all its 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) glory.
Before I get into those extra features, let’s look at what Disney is promising for the main movie transfer. First, the film will appear in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio on a 66GB disc. While it’s always nice to find 4K Blu-ray releases using 100GB discs capable of holding films with less compression, in truth Mufasa: The Lion King’s 118-minute running time is short enough to make it a solid candidate for a 66GB disc.
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ will be available on 4K Blu-ray in the US from April 1 in a limited edition … [+]
The 4K image will be available in both standard HDR10 and, as is the way with Disney these days, premium Dolby Vision HDR for those with Dolby Vision-capable TVs. The cutting edge visuals will be accompanied by a Dolby Atmos soundtrack, too (whereas the HD Blu-ray release will get a 7.1 DTS-HDMA mix).
Also in increasingly typical Disney style, the 4K Blu-ray will be available in the U.S. exclusively in a Limited Edition Steelbook version.
Bonus Features
The promised mountain of bonus features, meanwhile, kicks off with a Full Length Singalong, where on-screen lyrics let you join in with all of the film’s new songs. Next up is Finding Milele: The Making Of Mufasa: The Lion King, where director Barry Jenkins and the film’s cast explore both how the story was developed and how the latest technology helped bring the almost photo-realistic visuals to life.
Songs Of The Savanna sees Jenkins and the film’s songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda discussing the challenges involved with creating the music for the latest instalment in a film series as iconic as The Lion King, while Ostrich Eggs With Timon & Pumbaa features everyone’s favourite meerkat and warthog revealing fun facts about their latest film and pointing out its hidden references and ‘secrets’.
The rear cardboard slip that will accompany the ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ steelbook edition.
A series of outtakes shows us the voice cast having fun in the recording booth as they go about bringing the film’s animated characters to life, and despite this being an animated film the bonus features also include a quartet of deleted scenes: Who’s The Mole Rat?, What Do You Feel In There?, Have Faith In Her, and Taka’s Dream.
There’s a music video for lead song I Always Wanted A Brother that was shot backstage at a film shoot, and the disc lets you choose to skip straight to any of the film’s six major songs: Milele (First Rain), I Always Wanted A Brother, Bye Bye, We Go Together, Tell Me It’s You, and Brother Betrayed.
Last but not least on the Mufasa: The Lion King bonus feature list is Protect The Pride, a featurette showing how Disney and The Lion Recovery Fund are working to protect lions in the wild.
If you can’t wait until April 1 to watch Mufasa at home, it is also going to be released on digital platforms on February 18. But the 4K Blu-ray should, of course, provide the best quality option — as well as guaranteeing you will always own the film!
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