Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter aren’t just mother and daughter anymore — they’re costars. Disney unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming Lion King prequel Mufasa Monday (April 29), confirming that both the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer and her 12-year-old firstborn are lending their famous voices to the project.
The teaser doesn’t offer any sneak peeks at the duo’s voice work, but it does feature a sequence of dynamic animated scenes from Mufasa’s journey as he transforms from lion cub to king of all the light touches. The end titles reveal the main cast — Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., John Kani, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Mads Mikkelsen and Thandiwe Newton — followed by “Introducing Blue Ivy Carter with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.”
The film will find Bey — who also shares twins Rumi and Sir with husband Jay-Z — reprising her role as Nala, which she first debuted in 2019’s Lion King, a 3D remake of Disney’s original 1994 cartoon. Blue Ivy will play Kiara, the daughter of Nala and King Simba, who is voiced by Donald Glover.
In 2019, the 32-time Grammy winner also spearheaded a curated soundtrack titled The Lion King: The Gift, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. It featured the song “My Power,” for which Blue Ivy often joined Bey in choreography onstage during the superstar’s Renaissance Tour shows, making the young star’s role in Mufasa even more fitting.
“I was so glad that both Beyoncé and Blue Ivy were down to do it, and watching them work together was just really special,” director Barry Jenkins told ABC of the casting. “Beyoncé is this larger-than-life figure, but when she’s working with her daughter, when she’s in the room with her daughter, she’s a mom first. So much of that energy bled into the film.”
Watch the Mufasa trailer below.
