Blue Ivy Carter shall be becoming a member of her mom, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, within the film musical “Mufasa: The Lion King,” which is predicted in theaters in December.
The film — a prequel to “The Lion King,” the 2019 hyperrealistic remake of the Disney basic starring Beyoncé because the voice of Nala — shall be directed by Barry Jenkins, who received a greatest tailored screenplay Oscar for “Moonlight.”
Blue Ivy, 12, will make her characteristic movie debut by voicing Kiara, the daughter of Nala and Simba, who will once more be voiced by Donald Glover. (Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen and Thandiwe Newton may also lend their skills.)
“A buddy of mine, Matthew Cherry, made the brief movie known as ‘Hair Love’ that Blue Ivy did the audiobook of,” Jenkins informed Leisure Weekly in an article printed on Monday. “Beginning this mission and simply having that within the ether, I used to be like, ‘Is it value a shot? Would Blue Ivy need to do it? Would Beyoncé need to act reverse her daughter? Is it too near house?’” he mentioned. “However as soon as we put the query to them, they each responded with enthusiasm.”
Representatives for Beyoncé didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Final yr, Blue Ivy joined Beyoncé onstage through the Renaissance tour, which wrapped up in October; she already has a Grammy, for greatest music video for “Brown Pores and skin Woman,” a single by her mom. Beyoncé holds the report for many Grammys in historical past, with 32 wins.
“The Lion King,” which was directed by Jon Favreau, was a box-office smash, incomes $192 million at theaters in the US and Canada in its first weekend. It finally made greater than $1.5 billion in ticket gross sales globally.
