Kiros Intro Animatic by David Coleman - Mufasa: The Lion King

[@agonyremnanttrap6789]

WE WERE ROBBED

[@Oppositebreack2]

I agree

[@LordBumblebee1238]

This film could easily be rewritten based off of these animatics

[@Chamumisu]

Bamboozled, led astray and run-a-muck 😭😭

[@Termina2018]

AGAIN 😭💀

[@Chaoticlord69]

Bro to say we were just robbed is an understatement. He is so much more scary in this than the actual film this needs to be animated and more people need to see these

[@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846]

What Kiros said in 0:16 has to be the scariest and darkest Disney line ever. he would've been the scariest villain in the franchise...

[@ethandoyle4978]

I think he already is .

[@magalonadizon4146]

A cannibalistic king

[@marcoantoniodossantos603]

@@magalonadizon4146 He kinda is in the final movie as well, Kiros was about to eat Taka in the mountains. But that line in 0:16 defilnetly should have been in the movie, so badass and terryfing for this villain.

[@RA1NnF0G]

We were robbed That line should’ve definitely been in the final version of the film

[@ethandoyle4978]

@ not completely, he said he killed the other prides before attacking Obasi s pride .

[@chupacadabra5161]

The vultures already flying in at the start of scene is quite cool. Like it's obvious someone is gonna die from the very beginning

[@edsonjairquinteromagana9079]

Daaaamn!, Kiros has the bones of all the other lion kings he has eaten, that was cold, and the vultures were flying since the other lion came because they knew he was going to be the main course... and the king of the pride is a cannibal white lion, awesome. Actually, i prefer this one over the other in the movie

[@MrPlumsworld]

Actually, they all are.

[@edsonjairquinteromagana9079]

@@MrPlumsworld Yes, i know, i just mentioned him that way to make it sound more badass

[@suttagi]

"i've tasted them all" KIROS IS A CANNIBAl??

[@MysticWaffles]

Yeah, it’s sort of hinted in the actual movie too. When the white lions find Taka in the mountain, they say something along the line of “We didn’t find anything to eat in this mountain…until now.” It’s heavily implied they would’ve eaten Taka. Taka struck a deal with them not only to get revenge on Mufasa, but also so they wouldn’t eat him on the spot.

[@entguarde]

Male lions do often eat the cubs of males they have defeated as a way to reset the lineage to be fair

[@Lionwoman]

@@entguarde They do kill them not necessarily eat them

[@ryensecret]

his actor literally played hannibal... the cannibal

[@shadow-gr4iw]

If mufasa had to be animated i would have chosen this art style. It's realistic enough to leave a lot of leg room for more human like expressions

[@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846]

I mean the characters are more expressive this time around tho. I'm not really concerned too much about the photo realistic animation as long as they are more expressive. I'm just concerned about the dialogues.. you should have really left the dialogues the way they were in this storyboard. or maybe rework the same dialogue but still carry the same level of threat..

[@enviousdragon9109]

This is what Kiros' introduction should've been! Don't get me wrong, I liked the scene that made it to the final cut, but this? This makes him much more intimidating. Love it. Edit: also, I like how at 0:14 the reflections of the bare trees look like a spider's web. The poor lion in the center is already doomed.

[@aidanfraga3987]

I wished they should've made this scene when it was dark like this storyboard. To make it more amusing, because in the movie, it was like sunrise.

[@Markus2E5I6]

Kiros was a good villain, would have been iconic if done in 2d. They didnt try to redeem him or make him misunderstood. He wants power and will kill to get it. So many modern day films try to do a villain that isn't really a villain like Maleficent, Cruella etc. Like let villains be villains again.

[@MomentswithMolly]

So Kiros could have been an epic villain in 2D....robbed.

[@mollycblaeser]

I commented under the wrong account 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@LordBumblebee1238]

This is more terrifying than the actual scene in the kovie

[@MicalMical111]

God this is amazing. You made kiros so much more intimidating. The lighting is everything.

[@panzamarco3205]

Even though the scene is quite dark it had to be in the movie.

[@estrellaescobar5723]

This is so good i wish they had made the movie a little more dark. Kiro it's such a great villian, but all his scenes are bland.

[@JumpdeArt]

Yes! My thoughts exactly

[@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846]

not really bland. if they showed explicit contents, kids will not be able to sleep well.

[@estrellaescobar5723]

@@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846 The original lion king movie didn't shy away from talking about death and killing (and actually show it, several times). And no one bat an eye, no traumatized kids.

[@cyberneko4913]

They made his intimidation go 'Bye-bye'!

[@JumpdeArt]

@@cyberneko4913 LOOOL

[@The.Viewer]

Ofc they got Mads to voice a cannibal lion 😭😭

[@KingUzi770]

This would have been such a good scene how come they removed it?

[@costixd4990]

This is kinda dark, I mean we know Kiros is a cannibal but they showing lion skeletons and Kiros crushing a skull and saying he tasted all the kings of the valley is a little bit too much idk

[@estrellaescobar5723]

@@costixd4990 Ironic considering that the original Lion King didn't even try to shy away from those themes. Actually, the killing of kings was the main plot point.

[@caitlinpeterson6863]

Karen’s would complain that it scared little tommy

[@Tupclutch]

@@costixd4990 I didn’t know he was a cannibal until now 😭

[@costixd4990]

@ yep its implied many times that he and his pride eat the flesh of their enemies

[@wolfykinz309]

I like how at certain instances at the beginning the lighting makes the lionesses faces look like skulls

[@ackgamer7126]

kiros was terrifying he was the same version of shere khan who hunts mowgli now he hunts mufasa for revenge

[@TheSilverLioness]

This and the Bye bye original version, gosh we were so, so robbed

[@Depth217]

It would’ve been really cool to have this on a dark night like this, but I feel like Kiros still should’ve done it himself. Or at least “I would never kill one of my own. But you’re still needing to be punished. I choose exile as your punishment, meaning… you’re no longer one of my own.”

[@twistytoast5533]

The point of having the lionesses do it is to display power over them and highlight their willingness/ferocity when it comes to his command. Or at least that’s my interpretation. Plus, it’s just a really cool shot.

[@worldofartloveartwork1472]

Astounding drawings! And the storyboards match this scene real well.

[@velochieraptor2215]

This version of Kirk’s is giving me general woundwort flashbacks from watershiop down, they don’t make animated characters like this anymore

[@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846]

this particular scene is the most R-rated s*** in any Disney movie

[@strix3688]

That movie needs to be fixed... This is brilliantly dark

[@coolshield8197]

How is it dark?

[@ghostspore3163]

​@coolshield8197 Well the background is actually dark for starters

[@kayleighdriessen]

the Acid Sequence for songs is the one thing Disney's live-action remakes can't recreate and it greatly waters them own.

[@minkstar9021]

These storyboards literally prove why the “live-action” style of animation doesn’t work, if you make the background and facial animations too authentic, they lose so much personality and emotion. You can see the little details in these drawings, the rough lines on the faces, that make these characters so intimidating. They fact they include these in the storyboards in the first place shows they’re aware of this, so why take it out in the final product😭😭

[@DiamondTheFairy]

Now need someone to animate Kiros with Kraven’s voice lines in spiderman 2. Really just his intro though because it suits him so well 😨

[@03mbc]

Well the one we had in the flim was fine but this was SO MUCH BETTER

[@anonymouswolfemale3557]

I wish it wasn't animated in realistic style...

[@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846]

the animation is not really the problem here is the dialogues. the characters are more expressive now

[@anonymouswolfemale3557]

@toluwaseolaoyewilliams3846 good point

[@mandaFredette]

WHY WOULD THEY REMOVE THIS 😭

[@Baby-Ghoul444]

we need an animated Mufasa, it would of been so good

[@arnold66]

Well, Kimba's relative certainly follows a completely different policy.

[@xavierjohnabad1088]

I want to facepalm at this wasted potential Disney created

[@lupeylycan]

hey warrior cats fans i think this would be a really cool au scene with tigerstar talking about hawkfrost dying

[@silverstrike5904]

His son was already dead

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Where did you get the deleted dialogue?

[@angelinarobbins1567]

Um this scene had to be cut from the movie for a common sense reason: It actually showed Abosi getting eaten and killed by Kiro's lionesses. Basically just like how Scar was eaten and killed by the Hyenas. But with much gore involved though and possibly blood.

[@LovatianaThierryGunSmoke]

Kiros has such similarities to Shan Yu

[@Hannah-fe4yf]

At this point I’m not even gonna watch the movies anymore, if the only way I can consume media in 2D anymore is by watching the storyboards they release I’ll do it I’ll just watch the story boards because the 2D will ALWAYS be better ESPECIALLY when adapting old movies originally in the 2D

[@johnvandiver5634]

Pg 13

[@starrysky330]

Hardly

[@Volv_7]

The wages of sin is death. All have sinned. Because we have sinned we deserve death. Yet God sent His One and only Son (Jesus Christ) who is God Himself. He became flesh and made His dwelling on the earth. He never sins. Yet He still chose to pay the price for our sins. The wages of sin is death and He died for us. He died in our place so that we don’t have to die. Yet He is risen and alive! God raised Jesus from the dead! Whoever repents and believes in Christ will b saved!

[@InkedOnPaws]

Why does he sound like mads Hannibal?

[@Gojiraon]

Bc Kiros is voiced by Mads Mikkelson, (Hannibal)

[@jellaton-z2y]

someone animate this pls

[@monolyn]

So much potential wasted.

[@coolpuppycuteness7050]

In reality they would just make more kids Lions do that

[@KionTheLionGuardd]

Mufasa the lion king is so crap

[@Jakyre]

Just keep scrolling then🤷‍♂️

[@kuaikukia]

Shame this doesn't include in the movie. I guess nowdays Disney prefer LGBT rather than dark tone

[@_wailwolf_3260]

Its because parents would whine about it being too dark They did that with puss in boots too

[@The.Viewer]

You gotta be joking, disney would rather put aside lgbt stuff jn the background or ignore it (the owl house, which was so good and wouldve had more scary stuff in it.) and also not put dark stuff in cause of those types of parents who whine that its too much for kids. (The way parents got upset when they took their kids to see deadpool, mf what were they expecting??)

[@sarahdavis294]

Please give one example when this happened

[@duckiidex]

No lmfao its because now days parents whine at the sight of a drop of blood

[@tessabakker662]

Disney is absolutely not pro-LGBT, you're mad if you actually believe that. They just see minorities as easy money, and people keep falling for it. Disney tried to axe the brilliant *Nimona* after killing off Blue Sky studios. Also, pro-LGBT messaging and dark subject matter are not mutually exclusive. In plenty of stories they are intertwined because the narrative of the work centers on the topic of queer discrimination.