Because Disney has no idea how to handle The Lion King 2. Like it’s probably a completely meaningless corporate cash grab to the execs, but a cursory google search reveals that it’s the keystone of the entire lion king hardcore fandom, so ironically they’d have to do it right and they have zero clue what a big budget adaption of a direct to video sequel even looks like.
And the Kovu stans would circling with their menacing angst lion emo bangs the whole time
I'm convinced that the Star Wars sequel trilogy inflicted permanent psychic damage on the Disney c-suite.
