Alfre Woodard To Voice Sarabi In Jon Favreau’s Lion KingPosted by Wilson Morales
August 7, 2017
Source: THR
The Hollywood Reporter is stating that Alfre Woodard will be voicing Sarabi, Simba’s mom in Jon Favreau’s Lion King. She jones joins Donald Glover as Simba and James Earl Jones, who will be reprising his role as Mufasa. Madge Sinclair voiced Sarabi in the original 1994 Disney animation.
Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and John Oliver will also voice parts in the feature, which recently added Chiwetel Ejiofor to its roster to play the villain, Scar.
Jeff Nathanson (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) wrote the script for Disney, with Favreau and Jeffrey Silver producing. Lion King is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
Woodard was most recently seen in the Sundance stand-out Burning Sands and Netflix’s Marvel series Luke Cage. Up next for the Oscar nominee is the indie Saint Judy, where she stars opposite Common and Michelle Monaghan, and Clark Johnson’s Juanita, where she plays the title role.
