Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
What does it take to become a lion king? Follow the journey of Kio, a lion cub born in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, in a record-breaking new wildlife documentary from National Geographic.
Exploring lion life from the inside, it achieved the longest continual filming of lions in the wild with 1,400 filming days across 52 shoots. We spoke to executive producer Mike Gunton about the logistics of filming (and finding) lions in the wild, and what this unique approach to wildlife documentaries revealed about their inner lives.
Read more: iflscience.com/how-does-a-lion-cub-become-king-we-spoke-to-the-makers-of-new-docuseries-lion-about-a-record-breaking-journey-in-the-maasai-mara-84411
Video courtesy of National Geographic.
What does it take to become a lion king? Follow the journey of Kio, a lion cub born in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, in a record-breaking new wildlife documentary from National Geographic.
Exploring lion life from the inside, it achieved the longest continual filming of lions in the wild with 1,400 filming days across 52 shoots. We spoke to executive producer Mike Gunton about the logistics of filming (and finding) lions in the wild, and what this unique approach to wildlife documentaries revealed about their inner lives.
Read more: iflscience.com/how-does-a-lion-cub-become-king-we-spoke-to-the-makers-of-new-docuseries-lion-about-a-record-breaking-journey-in-the-maasai-mara-84411
Video courtesy of National Geographic.
