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    Andy Serkis Jungle Book Movie ‘Mowgli’ Heads to Netflix

    Mary Anne ButlerBy No Comments


    Back in the day of A Bug’s Life and Antz, having two films cover roughly the same story/setting wasn’t such a strange and rare occurrence. We were reminded of this when Andy Serkis announced his plans for a live-action/CGI version of Rudyard Kipling‘s classic The Jungle Book, called Mowgli, coming hot on the heels of Jon Favreau‘s Jungle Book.

    Andy Serkis Jungle Book Movie 'Mowgli' Heads to Netflix
    We were lucky enough to interview Mr. Serkis at SDCC 2017.

    Andy Serkis, of course, is the pioneer and king behind motion-capture performance as an art style (one only needs to watch the modern Planet of the Apes films for proof of this), and he wanted to bring this unique visual storytelling to his Mowgli.

    Originally, the film was slated for an October 19th world-wide theatrical release from Warner Bros., but now the film will instead be released globally on Netflix. Reportedly, the Netflix release will have some kind of “theatrical component”, allowing at-home audiences to fully experience the 3D aspect of the picture.

    Rohan Chand is playing the title role of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves who becomes part of the jungle despite being a human. Christian Bale is Bagheera, Cate Blanchett is Kaa, Benedict Cumberbatch is Shere Khan, Naomie Harris is Nisha, and Serkis will play Baloo. Matthew Rhys (The Americans) and Freida Pinto are also in the cast as human/live-action characters.

    Mowgli is expected to release sometime in 2019 on Netflix.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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