Malika The Lion Queen.
“This is a space we at Fox have been looking to enter; but we wanted to be strategic about it and the premise had to be something big and broad that would appeal to all viewers. When Grant [Mansfield] and Tom [Hugh-Jones] pitched
Malika, I knew straight away it was right for us,” Rob Wade (pictured left), president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, tells
Realscreen.
The series executive produced by Plimsoll’s Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield – travels to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the home of lioness Malika.
Narrated by Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett, the special takes viewers into the life of the lioness, exploring the role the animals play in the lion kingdom.