Does Rudyard Kipling’s classic “The Jungle Book," already made into the beloved and timeless 1967 animated film we all know and love, need a big budget, live action and CGI remake? Well, the folks at Disney seem to think so, and so we're getting it, and a new trailer has arrived.
Jon Favreau ("Iron Man," "Jumanji") is behind the camera for the star-studded affair which features Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Giancarlo Esposito and Lupita Nyong’o as Akela and Raksha, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Christopher Walken as King Louie and Bill Murray as Baloo, with Neel Sethi as Mowgli. Here's the synopsis:
Directed by Jon Favreau (“Chef,” “Iron Man,” “Elf”), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, “The Jungle Book” is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub...
