Mufasa: The Lion King uses a unique framing device to tell its prequel story, something that makes a remake of The Lion King 1 1/2 an issue.

The 1994 flick has spawned two sequels —"The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" in 1998 and "The Lion King 1 1/2" in 2004. Both of these spinoffs are available to stream on Disney+.

The Lion King franchise includes various films, with more planned, such as "Black Is King" and "Simba's Pride." "The Lion King 1 1/2" is an unconventional side-quel focusing on Timon and Pumbaa's ...

The Lion King franchise is back in the limelight, but one of the more obscure movies from the series deserves to have some of that spotlight too.