I believe this just came out a couple of days ago. Much though I’m not a fan of Disney, or indeed the “live action” (in this case, that’s a lol in itself) remakes, at least this is an original story, even if it completely retcons the entire Lion King plot, lol…
I won’t spoil it, but, umm, I would say it is to The (original) Lion King what Wicked is to The Wizard of Oz. Very much the same concept. And doesn’t really make sense, if we’re taking the story from the original as being the (fictional) truth.
Anyway, it also features tribes of lions differentiated by fur colour (lol), quite a lot of the biblical story of Moses, and lions climbing snowy mountains (in Southern Africa??), so… Yeah.
Looks relatively okay though, all things considered. But I would be interested in hearing the thoughts of others on it.
Honestly, watching the trailer, I really can’t square how this story follows into the Lion King, lol. Though apparently it is only canon for the “live action” version, not the original animated one, so… Eh.
But yeah, making Scar the hero of this prequel (and seemingly the rightful heir to the throne) is… An odd choice, to say the least.
Your explanation is as good as any I can give, lol.