The Good Lion

The Good Lion is a 2012 South African 3D computer-animated fantasy epic comedy-drama action-adventure film directed by Duncan MacNeillie, Wayne Thornley and Anthony Silverston, produced by Wayne Thornley, Mike Buckland, Jean-Michel Koenig, James Middleton, Andrew Cook and Anthony Silverston and written by Andrew Cook and Raffaella Delle Donne.

The true story about a lion who was separated from his family when he meet new friends and embark on a incredible journey that never forgets. Kiefer Sutherland, Joaquin Phoenix, Christian Bale, Idris Elba, Laurence Fishburne, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michael Clarke Duncan, Zach Braff, Anthony LaPaglia, David Wenham and Rowan Atkinson were voicing the characters while other performances were done by Hugo Weaving, Jeremy Irons, Rupert Everett, Sam Elliott and Amy Smart in her first aniamtion debut.

The film takes place in Africa along with South Africa, West Africa and Ireland while the film shares similarties with The Land Before Timeand The Lion King. The animated film was premiered on TIFF on December 9, 2011 and it was released in South Africa on March 23, 2012 by Indigenous Film Distribution.

The film was translated into 1000 languages and countries around the world. It earned $28.42 million on a $20 million budget.