Directed by Jon Favreau and written by Jeff Nathanson, this new telling of the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King uses new techniques and technologies to bring the story to life in a whole new way. As a young lion cub, Simba (voiced by Donald Glover) idolizes his father, King Mufasa (voiced by the great James Earl Jones), while Scar (voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mufasa’s brother and former heir to the throne, looks to seize the crown that he feels he’s owed. And after family tragedy strikes, resulting in Simba’s exile, the young lion must take a …