Voice of Vader reprises role in Lion King

James Earl Jones is to reprise his role from The Lion King in a new remake.

The actor, 86, voiced Simba’s father Mufasa in the 1994 Disney animation blockbuster, which won two Oscars and earned $968 million (£780 million) at the box office.

Jones was also famously the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films.

Jon Favreau, director of The Lion King remake, posted a photo of Jones on Twitter captioned: “Looking forward to working with this legend. #mufasa.”

He also revealed that Donald Glover, star of the television comedy series

will voice Simba.