Mufasa: The Lion King with Barry Jenkins and Ben Affleck (Ep. 525)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Director Barry Jenkins discusses his new film, Mufasa: The Lion King, with fellow Director Ben Affleck in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses employing the VFX team from the Avatar films to create the world, working with both the Actors and Animators to realize his characters while filming in real time, and reaching out to artists and conservationists from various African countries for real references to the locations in the film.

The film tells the story of Mufasa, an orphaned cub who befriends a lion destined as heir to a royal bloodline. The two become allies on a journey of adventure and self discovery as they seek to start a kingdom of their own.

See photos and a summary of this event below:

https://dga.org/Events/2025/February2025/Mufasa_QnA_1224