Monument to the Lion of Judah patriot and national hero. The work was made by the French sculptor Georges Gardet in 1930, on the occasion of the coronation of Emperor Hailé Selassié on November 2, 1930. At the end of the so-called March of the Iron Will (in italian: "Marcia della ferrea volontà") that led to the occupation of Addis Ababa by the Italian army, the statue was transported to Rome, Italy in 1935 at the end of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The Lion of Judah sculpture was placed just beyond Piazza dei Cinquecento, under the obelisk of the Italian Heroes of the Battle of Dogali
The Lion King released called "The Lion Guard", featuring Kion, the second-born cub of Simba and Nala. "The Lion Guard" is a sequel to "The Lion King" and takes place during the time-gap within "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride." It was first broadcast on Disney Channel as a television film titled "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" in November 2015 before airing as a series on Disney Junior in January 2016. In September 2016, following the critical and financial success of "The Jungle Book", Walt Disney Pictures announced that they were developing a CGI remake of "The Lion King" by the