Jon Favreau on His First Documentary, National Geographic’s ‘Lion’: Not Knowing Whether the Lead Character Would Survive Was ‘Harrowing’

When renowned wildlife producer Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” director Jon Favreau about collaborating on a documentary, the director, who had never made a doc, immediately said yes. It was ...
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A new documentary shows what growing up lion is really like

Becoming a king of lions is as dramatic in real life as it is in the movies. A new four-part documentary series, Lion, captures the journey of a cub named Kio in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve ...
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BBC chief shares agony of filming lion cub who could have been killed at any moment

He’s the megastar director behind Disney’s biggest live action hit. When Jon Favreau’s The Lion King came out in 2019, it raked in a record-breaking $1.66billion dollars (£1.3billion) at the box ...
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‘The Lion King,’ ‘Dune’ Oscar-Winning Composer Hans Zimmer to be Celebrated With BBC Documentary

The life and work of Hans Zimmer, the Oscar-winning composer of “The Lion King” and “Dune: Part One,” will be celebrated in BBC Two documentary “Hans Zimmer – Hollywood Rebel.” The 60-minute film ...

The Search for the Real-Life Lion King

The creators of NatGeo’s ‘Lion’ documentary took Anthony Breznican through the wildlands of Kenya to reveal how they captured one cub’s true tale of survival.