--- description: The Lion King's director has come forward after much internet debate to confirm that Scar and Mufasa are indeed brothers. title: The Lion King Director Confirms Mufasa and Scar Are Brothers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5efc60a30105de7b/6988dbb00a4a22f8229cfae9/lion-king-director-mufasa-scar-brothers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Lion King_ Director Confirms That Mufasa and Scar Are Totally Brothers  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2017 5:29 PM CUT  THE LION GUARD - "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" - The epic storytelling of Disney's "The Lion King" continues with "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar," a primetime television movie event premiering SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (7:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. (Photo by Disney Junior via Getty Images) THE LION GUARD - "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" - The epic storytelling of Disney's "The Lion King" continues with "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar," a primetime television movie event premiering SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (7:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. (Photo by Disney Junior via Getty Images)Disney Junior—Disney Channel via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2017 5:29 PM CUT A little over a week ago, the Internet was in a state of shock after a producer on [_The Lion King_](http://time.com/4511368/disney-lion-king-reboot/ "undefined")revealed [_Hello Giggles_](http://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/movies/lion-king-scar-mufasa-brothers/ "undefined")ahead of the movie’s re-release on Blu-Ray and DVD that it wasn’t likely Mufasa and Scar had the same parents because of the way that lion prides work — generally, there’s one top male lion, which seems to be the rationale why Scar has a huge inferiority complex and kills Mufasa. However, distraught _Lion King_ fans everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Mufasa and Scar are actually brothers, as confirmed by the director of _The Lion King_ himself, Rob Minkoff. In an interview with _Screen Junkies_, Minkoff reassured fans that these two jungle cats were definitely blood related. “They are \[brothers\]! I just want to clear that up,” Minkoff said, while stating that Scar and Mufasa would have grown up together. If you’re curious about more of the inner-workings of the bloodlines of _The Lion King_, you can watch his full interview below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4920182/the-lion-king-mufasa-scar-brothers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4920182/the-lion-king-mufasa-scar-brothers/"},"headline":"The Lion King Director Confirms That Mufasa and Scar Are Totally Brothers","datePublished":"2017-08-29T17:29:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:53.647Z","description":"\"I just want to clear that up.\"","url":"https://time.com/4920182/the-lion-king-mufasa-scar-brothers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5efc60a30105de7b/6988dbb00a4a22f8229cfae9/lion-king-director-mufasa-scar-brothers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5efc60a30105de7b/6988dbb00a4a22f8229cfae9/lion-king-director-mufasa-scar-brothers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Disney Channel's \"The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar\"","caption":"Disney Channel's \"The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar\"","creditText":"Disney Junior—Disney Channel via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4920182/the-lion-king-mufasa-scar-brothers/","name":"The Lion King Director Confirms That Mufasa and Scar Are Totally Brothers"}}]}] ```