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

When renowned wildlife shaper Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” manager Jon Favreau astir collaborating connected a documentary, the director, who had ne'er made a doc, instantly said yes. It was 2022, and Gunton, an enforcement shaper astatine BBC Studios Natural History Unit, wanted to “supersize” his “Dynasties” bid astir susceptible oregon endangered species, and […]