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Santa Claus is coming to town, but you still have a few days to seek out all sorts of holiday movie fare.

USA TODAY Santa Claus is coming to town, but you still have a few days to seek out all sorts of holiday movie fare

Barry Jenkins and Lin-Manuel Miranda discuss their efforts to deepen the "Lion King" legacy – and add tunes to the Disney song canon – with "Mufasa."

The Disney prequel “Mufasa: The Lion King” (in theaters now) brings together the director of Oscar-winning “Moonlight” and the creator of

Merry Christmas and hakuna matata, y'all.

But good news, fam. While Disney's 2019 redo of the 1994 classic was a mixed bag, director Barry Jenkins gives us something fresh with the

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Before knowing who he was, Aaron Pierre felt James Earl Jones in his soul.

While Pierre plays a young Mufasa in the Disney prequel “Mufasa: The Lion King” (in theaters now), Jones originated the iconic role in the original

Aaron Pierre recalls standing at bottom stage left, narrating his high school production of "Moby-Dick," when he decided he wanted to be a professional actor.