Lion King spinoff coming to Disney Junior

By Leah Zanolla | Published August 14, 2015 | Updated October 17, 2022

A spinoff of the Lion King, called The Lion Guard, will debut on Disney Junior in early 2016. Rob Lowe will voice Simba and Gabrielle Union will portray Nala. العاب لربح المال الحقيقي James Earl Jones will return as the voice of Mufasa and Atticus Shaffer, of The Middle, will play Ono, an “intellectual egret.”

The series will be introduced by a TV movie this November, The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, which “follows Simba and Nala’s son Kion as he assembles a team of heroic young animals to help protect Pride Rock and maintain balance within the Circle of Life.”

News source/photo credit: Yahoo! TV

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Leah Zanolla

Leah grew up in a little farming town in Illinois, right on the Mississippi River. Her Chicago-born husband, David, left the city for her, and they're now raising their three children (Jacob, Jonah and Lydia) just 12 miles from her hometown. As the Senior Editor of the DIS (wdwinfo.com), Leah spends a lot of time writing about, reading about, and discussing Disney. So, it should come as no surprise that one of her family's favorite ways to spend time is going to Walt Disney World and traveling on Disney Cruise Line. She also enjoys shopping, watching movies with her husband and doing crafts with and for her kids.

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