Browsing: The Jungle Book

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, of course, […]

I love classic Disney cartoons.  Do they tell the stories accurately?  Not even remotely.  Do they stay with you in song and visuals for most of your life?  YEP! When director/actor Jon Favreau announced his intention to do a new version of the Rudyard Kipling story The Jungle Book, I was surprised.  We’d had a live […]

Do you still remember all the words to “Bare Necessities” and “Be Like You”?  If so, chances are you are a fan of the 1967 Disney classic animated take on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.  It seems to be the golden age of remakes, and this (now) liveaction story of the manchild raised by wolves is the […]

Everyone’s favorite mo-cap expert Andy Serkis is making his directorial debut with his version of The Jungle Book, which will be directly competing with Jon Favreau’s upcoming Disney adaptation. In Serkis’s version, the Hollywood Reporter says Sherlock/Smaug/Khan Benedict Cumberbatch will be voicing the villainous ShereKhan, the tiger with a fear of fire. In Favreau’s version, ShereKhan will […]