JAMES EARL JONES WILL BE BACK AS MUFASA

And, yes. That required an all-caps title.

On Friday, director Jon Favreau (who also did this summer's live action The Jungle Book) tweeted out this big news:

I just can’t wait to be king. #Simba pic.twitter.com/wUYKixMBJI

— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) February 18, 2017

Literally 25 minutes later, he tweeted out the following:

Looking forward to working with this legend. #Mufasa pic.twitter.com/1LszbWrcYT

— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) February 18, 2017

Now, I know Donald Glover is "having a moment": he's on the critically-acclaimed show Atlanta and he was just cast as "Young Lando Calrissian" in the new solo Han Solo movie.

But...I feel like news stories are really burying the lead:

Ummmm.

No.

The top headline for this story should absolutely be that "James Earl Jones WILL BE BACK as Mufasa." Because, honestly. Who else could be better than James Earl Jones?! 

This was actually one of the things I was majorly concerned about when they announced a live-action Lion King -- James Earl Jones created such an iconic character with an iconic presence, that it would be exceptionally difficult to top that -- so I'm glad to see that they're not even going to try. *phew*

Sidebar: I do think it's worth noting that Donald Glover, a black actor, will voice Simba -- as opposed to Matthew Broderick who voiced him in the animated film.
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