Jon Favreau on His First Documentary, National Geographic’s ‘Lion’: Not Knowing Whether the Lead Character Would Survive Was ‘Harrowing’
The series followed more than 20 lions and narrowed to Kio after four years of filming, with survival and weather complicating production.
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Meet Kio, the Lion Cub at the Heart of National Geographic’s LION
National Geographic’s LION follows Kio’s extraordinary journey from vulnerable Maasai Mara cub to lion king. LION Airs on National Geographic and National Geographic Wild from Sunday 23 August 2026, as well as being available on Disney+ in South Africa Johannesburg, 12 August 2026: National Geographic has given audiences their first look at LION, an ambitious four-year wildlife story centred on Kio, a young lion whose journey from vulnerable cub…
In the distant classical era, the footprints of lions did indeed cross the threshold of Europe. According to Herodotus, the "father of history," in the fifth century BC, the Persian army, on its expedition to Greece, repeatedly encountered lions at night while transporting camels through Thrace and Macedonia.
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