The Lion Guard: Dark of the Roar

The Lion Guard: Dark of the Roar is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Disney Junior television series of the same name, co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mercury Filmworks, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to The Lion Guard: Dawn of the Outsiders, and the third installment of the Lion Guard reboot series. The film will be directed by Howy Parkins and Tom Deroiser, written by Ford Riley and Kendall Michelle Haney, and will star the voice talents of Max Charles, Diamond White, Dusan Brown, Atticus Shaffer, Joshua Rush, Rob Lowe, John O'Hurley, Sinbad, Maurice LaMarche, Rhys Darby, Blair Underwood, Michael Dorn, John Rhys-Davies, Carla Hall, Gabrielle Union, and Gary Anthony Williams.

Synopsis
While trying to save his mother from a clan of hyenas, Kion fears that he has lost control of his Roar of the Elders and vows to never use it again. While havoc goes on in the Pride Lands, Makuu takes over the Flood Plains; Hadithi lies about his history; the Traveling Baboon Show end up stealing food for the Pride Lands' dry season; and a northern harrier named Mpishi invades to hunt.

Plot
A lion cub, who is Simba and Nala's son, Mufasa's grandson, Kiara's younger brother, the Prince of the Pride Lands, and the leader of the Lion Guard as well as its fiercest member. As leader of the Guard, Kion possesses an intensely powerful ability known as the Roar of the Elders bestowed by the great lions of the past. A sassy cheetah, who is the fastest member of the Lion Guard, the only female member, Kion's friend and second-in-command. She also dislikes baboons and getting wet. A happy-go-lucky and enthusiastic hippopotamus, who is the strongest member of the Lion Guard and Kion's friend. A cattle egret, who is the keenest of sight of the Lion Guard and Kion's friend. A dimwitted honey badger, who is the bravest member of the Lion Guard. He is also Timon and Pumbaa's adoptive nephew and Kion's best friend. A lion, who is the King of Pride Rock, Nala's mate, Kion and Kiara's overprotective father, Mufasa's son, and the reserve leader of the Lion Guard. A legendary African hawk-eagle, who faked having invented the Hadithi Spin. A comedic yellow baboon, who is the leader of the Traveling Baboon Show. A poor sighted northern white rhinoceros. A red-billed oxpecker, who is Kifaru's tickbird and best friend. A Nile crocodile, who is the leader of the Pride Lands' float. A stubborn sable antelope, who is the leader of the herd, and values polite behavior. A western lowland gorilla and friend of Simba who is the leader of the troop in the Theluji Mountains and Majinuni and Hafifu's father. A northern harrier, who leaves her hunting grounds from an unknown land and travels to the Pride Lands looking for a rare meal. She teamed up with Mwoga to target Kulinda's newly-hatched chick only to be driven off by the Lion Guard. A lioness, who is the Queen of Pride Rock, Simba's mate, and Kion and Kiara's mother. A deceased lion, who is Kion's grandfather, Simba's father, and the former King of the Pride Lands. Since his death after being killed into a wildebeest stampede orchestrated by Scar, Mufasa lives on as a spirit that gives Kion advice on how to get through any tough plight. A mountain gorilla prince, brother of Majinuni, and son of King Sokwe, who came to the Pride Lands to deliver a message to Simba. A mountain gorilla prince, brother of Hafifu, and son of King Sokwe, who came to the Pride Lands to deliver a message to Simba.
 * Max Charles as Kion
 * Diamond White as Fuli
 * Dusan Brown as Beshte
 * Atticus Shaffer as Ono
 * Joshua Rush as Bunga
 * Rob Lowe as Simba
 * John O'Hurley as Hadithi
 * Sinbad as Hadithi
 * Maurice LaMarche as Hadithi
 * Rhys Darby as Mwenzi
 * Blair Underwood as Makuu
 * Michael Dorn as Bupu
 * John Rhys-Davies as Sokwe
 * Carla Hall as Mpishi
 * Gabrielle Union as Nala
 * Gary Anthony Williams as Mufasa
 * Phil Lester as Hafifu
 * Dan Howell as Majinuni

Production
On 25 March 2019, following the release of The Lion Guard episode "The Fall of Mizimu Grove", writer Kendall Michele Haney revealed that the television series starting with "Return of the Roar" would kick off an "epic serialized story" which will last through to the end of Season 3, dividing it into seven films.

The film will feature Season 1 episodes 22-27: "Never Roar Again", "The Lost Gorillas", "The Trail to Udugu", "Ono's Idol", "Beshte and the Hippo Lanes", and "Ono the Tickbird", as well as Season 2 episode 1-4: "Babysitter Bunga", "The Savannah Summit", "The Traveling Baboon Show", and "Ono and the Egg".