LION from “The Lion King” Director Jon Favreau on National Geographic

LION Airs Aug. 19 on National Geographic
and Streams Aug. 20 on Disney+ and Hulu

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Executive Producer: Jon Favreau
BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s Mike Gunton With
Score: Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music

LION is a four‑part National Geographic event series executive produced by Jon Favreau, the director of Disney’s The Lion King (2019). It follows the true, four‑year journey of a real lion cub named Kio in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, blending cinematic storytelling with natural‑history documentary filmmaking.