New “Lion King” Trailer Features Beyonce as Nala

Beyonce at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Photo by David X Prutting/BFA/REX/Shutterstock (5848771av)

Disney has just dropped a Beyonce-centered teaser trailer. 

The new clip of finally lets fans hear the animals speak in the forthcoming live-action reboot of the iconic animated classic.

The trailer spotlights Beyonce’s Nala talking for the first time. “Simba, you have to take your place as king,” she says. “We need you. Come home.”

Queen Bee voices the adult version of the lioness, while Shahadi Wright Joseph voices the cub version of the character. 

The trailer also features the voices of Timon’s Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen’s Pumbaa. The film also stars Donald Glover, John Oliver, Eric André, and James Earl Jones, but they don’t speak in this new trailer.

The Lion King, directed by Jon Favreau, hits theaters July 19.