{
  "id": 695895,
  "title": "Jon Favreau on His First Documentary, National Geographic’s ‘Lion’: Not Knowing Whether the Lead Character Would Survive Was ‘Harrowing’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/jon-favreau-on-his-first-documentary-national-geographics-lion-not",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T20:23:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/jon-favreau-documentary-national-geographic-lion-1236833163/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When renowned wildlife producer Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” director Jon Favreau about collaborating on a documentary, the director, who had never made a doc, immediately said yes. It was 2022, and Gunton, an executive producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit, wanted to “supersize” his “Dynasties” series about vulnerable or endangered species, and […]",
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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."
}