The Lion King was so successful that Disney created a sequel called The Lion King II : Simba 's Pride and a television series called The Lion King 's Timon and Pumbaa . A second sequel , The Lion King 1 Â 1\/2 , was released on February 10 , 2004 . Disney later produced two related movies : a sequel , The Lion King II : Simba 's Pride ( 1998 ) ; and a prequel\/parallel , The Lion King 1 Â 1\/2 ( 2004 ) .