Filmmakers Follow Lion Keo for Years in Maasai Mara Story | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More

Filmmakers Follow Lion Keo for Years in Maasai Mara Story | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More

John Favreau and Mike Gunton – screenshot *Filmmaker Jon Favreau is accustomed to controlling what audiences see, but while making National Geographic’s four-part documentary event “LION,” now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, the director behind Disney’s “The Lion King” had to surrender that power to nature — and then watch as a young lion named Kio delivered a story that felt almost scripted. Favreau and BBC Studios Natural History Unit executive…

These National Geographic filmmakers spent four years following the journey of a single lion cub – I can’t wait to watch!

I’m a sucker for a good nature documentary, but National Geographic’s new series Lion – which premiered this week – is something I’ve genuinely never seen before.Directed by Jon Favreau – who also helmed Disney’s 2019 CG remake of The Lion King, along with Iron Man and The Mandalorian and Grogu – the new series follows the journey of a single lion cub over four years, with over a thousand filming days spent on Kenya’s Masai Mara savannah.During …