{
  "id": 636486,
  "title": "National Geographic’s ‘Lion’ took four years, 20 lions and an unpredictable star to make",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/national-geographics-lion-took-four-years-20-lions-and-an",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:40:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/lifestyle/entertainment/tv/national-geographics-lion-took-four-years-20-lions-and-an-unpredictable-star-to-make/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Go behind the scenes of National Geographic's 'Lion', where Faith Musembi spent four years following Kio and a pride of lions in Kenya.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}