Walt Disney Company, it’s been SO long since the last Lion King sequel was released. The Lion King 1 1/2 was actually a threequel, meaning that it was also called The Lion King III: Hakuna Matata. The first movie was released in theaters in 1994, the second movie was released directly to VHS in 1998 and the third movie was released directly to VHS and DVD in 2004. We really need to look forward to The Lion King IV: Return of Mufasa coming out as Disney+ Original. Although the new movie, Mufasa: The Lion King is coming out next year, I really wish that you, The Walt Disney company could make The Lion King IV: Return of Mufasa as Disney+ Original because it’s been 19 years of waiting and the wait has to be over. The Lion King IV: Return of Mufasa should start with the flashback of Mufasa’s death in the first Lion King movie and also show how Simba became king of Pride Rock. That opening sequence should have the song, Circle of Life. Then here’s what the fourth movie is mostly about: Simba’s son, Kion (who should be voiced by Zac Efron) wakes up and is all grown up and finds out that today is his birthday. Kion tries to wake up his father, Simba (who should be voiced by Matthew Broderick with singing voice by Joseph Williams), his mother, Nala (who should be voiced by Moira Kelly with singing voice by Sally Dworsky), his grandmother, Sarabi (who should be voiced by Glen Close), Nala’s mom, Sarafina (who should be voiced by Anne Archer), his sister, Kiara (who should be voiced by Neve Campbell with singing voice by Liz Callaway) and his cousin, Kovu (who should be voiced by Jason Marsden with singing voice by Kenny Lattimore) and then greets Rafiki (who should be voiced by Khary Phayton), Vitani (who should be voiced by Jennifer Lien), Zazu (who should be voiced by Rowan Atkinson), Timon (who should be voiced by Nathan Lane), Pumbaa (who should be voiced by Ernie Sabella), Ma (who should be voiced by Julie Kavner) and Uncle Max (who should be voiced by Jim Cummings). Kion then comes over to see his friends, Fuli (who should by Diamond White), Mtoto (who should be voiced by Justin Felbinger), Beshte (who should be voiced by Dusan Brown), Bunga (who should be voiced by Joshua Rush), Ono (who should be voiced by Atticus Shaffer), Makini (who should be voiced by Landry Bender), Tiifu (who should be voiced by Cameron Diaz), Zuri (who should be voiced by Emily Blunt), Rani (who should be voiced by Jada Pinkett Smith), Sãhasi (who should be voiced by James Sie), Ãnanda (who should be voiced by Grace Young), Majinuni (who should be voiced by Dan Howell), Hafifu (who should be voiced by Phil Lester) and Mtoto’s mom (who should be voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock) and tells them that it’s his birthday today. Later that evening, Kion returns to Pride Rock and gets surprised by his pride and his friends as well as Ned the elephant (who should be voiced by Frank Welker) with a big birthday cake made of jungle plants and grubs done by Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Kiara, Kovu, Ma, Uncle Max, Rafiki, Makini, Rani, Sãhasi, Ãnanda, Ned, Ono, Fuli, Bunga, Mtoto, Mtoto’s Mom, Beshte, Majinuni, Hafifu, Tiifu, Zuri, Zazu, Vitani, Sarabi and Sarafina and Kion and everyone eats the cake together and has a fun party. Then the pride and everyone else goes to bed. Simba suddenly wakes up and sees the ghost of his father, Mufasa and the ghost tells him about how grateful Kion was for being such a great grandson. The next morning, Simba, the pride and everyone else wakes up and suddenly a hunter named Gorman (who should be voiced by Ken Page) along with his henchman parrot, Packy (who should be voiced by Alan Tudyk) plots to hunt Simba for his head and then a flash flood occurs and then Simba, Nala, Kion, Sarabi, Sarafina, Rani, Kiara, Kovu, Timon, Pumbaa, Ma, Uncle Max, Zazu and Ned get washed away from the Pridelands and then end up in a rainforest in South America, where they meet the Wild Bunch from Rainforest Cafe, Cha! Cha! (who should be voiced by Josh Gad), Tuki (who should be voiced by Tara Strong), Bamba (who should be voiced by Ben Stiller), Ozzie (who should be voiced by Tom Kenny), Nile (who should be voiced by Ken Page), Rio (who should be voiced by Céline Dion), Maya (who should be voiced by Emily Blunt) and Iggy (who should be voiced by Collin Hanks) along with Tuki’s mom (who should be voiced by Reese Witherspoon), Tracy Tree (who should be voiced by Angelina Jolie) and two new characters, Striper the tiger (who should be voiced by Will Smith) and Pandy the panda bear (who should be voiced by James Adomian). Simba suddenly then finds out that he’s being hunted by Gorman and then he, the Pride and their friends have to work together to stop Gorman and then go back to Africa on a whale so they can reunite with the rest of the pride. Majinuni and Hafifu find the lifeless body of Mufasa (who should be voiced by James Earl Jones) and then take it with them back to Pride Rock and then once they return, Mufasa’s ghost appears in the sky and then sinks into Mufasa’s body and then Mufasa comes back to life and then finds out that Simba has made new friends, reunites with Simba and the Pride and meets his grandson, granddaughter, grand nephew, Timon, his family and Pumbaa. He also then makes a news bulletin that Mufasa is alive and everyone gets so happy that it becomes a big celebration and a happy ending. The Lion King IV: Return of Mufasa will feature 3 new songs plus Circle of Life, Circle of Life (Finale) and a newly recorded version Hakuna Matata from the original Lion King movie as well as a rock version of Circle of Life. Walt Disney Company please start making a Lion King 4 as a Disney+ Original. 19 years is long enough after the release of the Lion King 3 is long enough and far too long. 

- Evan Metzler ��