Beyonce, daughter Blue Ivy to lend voice to upcoming ‘Lion King’ film

Beyoncé and Blue Ivy are pairing up again for a powerful performance.

The mother-daughter duo who made their stage debut during Beyoncé’s renaissance tour – Giving his voice in the upcoming film, Mufasa: The Lion King.

In the film, which is a prequel to the 2019 live action remake of the Disney animated film, Beyoncé, 42, returns to voice Simba’s girlfriend Nala, while 11-year-old Blue Ivy voices Nala and Simba’s daughter, Kiara.

The film is scheduled to release on December 20, 2024 and the first trailer of the film was released recently, which Queen Bey also shared on her Instagram Stories.

talking to people magazineThe film’s director Barry Jenkins reflected on the studio’s casting choices and the dynamics of the Knowles girls.

“I thought it was really cool for this sophomore and daughter to get a chance to play together, work together,” Jenkins said.

The film began production “in 2020 or 2021” and stars Beyoncé. renaissance tour Overlapped with the film production process in 2023.

Notably, Blue – the eldest child of Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z – joined her mother on stage for the first time,

“I think Blue grew a lot during that tour,” Jenkins said, adding of the mother-daughter duo, “This movie is like this snapshot, it’s a time capsule of a moment in their lives. Which I think is really beautiful and it worked perfectly for the film.

He praised the multi-Grammy winner for her approach to working with Ivy.

“Beyoncé is a larger-than-life person, but when she’s working with her daughter, when she’s in the room with her daughter, she’s a mother first and foremost. A lot of that energy was channeled into the film,” he shared.