Overview
- National Geographic released the trailer Thursday for Lion, a four-part documentary that follows a single Maasai Mara cub named Kio over four years.
- Producers say the series was filmed across nearly 1,400 shooting days with one pride to capture Kio’s full life cycle from cub to pride leader.
- Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton serve as executive producers, O. J. Lynch narrates, and Hans Zimmer composed the score with musical callbacks to the 1994 The Lion King.
- Lion will premiere on National Geographic on August 19 with all episodes streaming on Disney+ and Hulu on August 20 and the original soundtrack released August 21.
- The release is linked to Disney’s Protect the Pride effort and will direct support to the Wildlife Conservation Network’s Lion Recovery Fund after more than $5 million in Disney funding since 2019.