On November 1, 2017, it was confirmed that would voice adult Nala in Jon Favreau's "The Lion King", which was released on July 19, 2019. Favreau felt that "part of joining the film is that she's got young kids, part of it is that it's a story that feels good for this phase of her life and her career, and she really likes the original very much. And then, of course, there are these wonderful musical numbers that she can be involved with, and my God… she really lives up to her reputation as far as the beauty of her voice and talent". The same day Shahadi Wright Joseph was cast as young Nala in the film. Joseph reprises her role from the Broadway production. Joseph choose to work on the film because "knows Nala inspires little girls because that happened to when [she was younger. literally said that [she wanted to be her. She's a great role model". Joseph said that, upon learning that Beyoncé would be voicing the grown-up Nala, she "really had to step game up and think about what Beyoncé would want". The film marks the comeback of the singer since her pregnancy and her first musical film since " Dreamgirls" in 2006.