The hyenas in the original Lion King were decidedly among the bad guys, but they had some unusual motivations: they aligned with archvillain Scar in hopes of landing a good meal. “We’ll have ...

In the original animated Lion King, the hyenas were depicted as crass lowlifes that many interpreted as thinly veiled stand-ins for minorities. The new version goes in a different direction.

In The Lion King Scar doesn’t just kill Mufasa, he also betrays Simba so he can rule the Pride Lands. In the movie’s climax, he and Simba come head-to-head after Scar reveals that he was the ...

The all-new movie, The Lion King, which Disney releases July 19, again portrays a trio of spotted hyenas as evil sidekicks of the villain Scar. (The Walt Disney Company is majority owner of ...

In the pantheon of Disney Villains, Scar ranks near the top. Scar shows that he’s willing to do whatever it takes to be king of the Pride Lands—even if it means killing his own family.

That did not stop The Cruz Show from getting Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset to read lines as the original hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed on the radio.

He teams up with some hyenas to try to get rid of both Mufasa and innocent prince Simba, who just can’t wait to be king (Mason Lawson alternates in the role with Julian Villela for Young Simba).

Here are the three dim-witted hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, those Pride Lands outcasts who were devoted to the evil lion Scar, in an original hand-painted 3-cel production setup.

Scar first sought out Nala as his queen in the original 'Lion King' movie In the 1994 movie, there was a deleted sequence in which Scar decided he needed a queen and tried to creepily pursue Nala.

As the animated classic 'The Lion King' turns 25, we shine a light on the madcap hyenas, voiced by Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin and Jim Cummings.