The actor also talks about why he doesnt watch superhero movies, working with andy serkis on jungle book. Origins at cinemacon in las vegas mowgli, longinworks jungle book film, gets firstlook at. Based on rudyard kiplings 1894 book of the same name, it is the 19th disney animated feature film. The jungle book is a 2016 american fantasy adventure film directed and produced by jon. With christian bale, cate blanchett, benedict cumberbatch, naomie harris. Origins, but theres still a bit of bad luck that disneys version was a few years ahead of theirs.
Because the intellectual property called jungle book doesnt belong to disney but to its author rudyard kipling. After a threat from the tiger shere khan forces him to flee the jungle, a mancub named mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther bagheera and freespirited bear baloo. Warner bros screened a 2 12minute trailer of mowgli formally titled jungle book. Just days after adding benedict cumberbatch to the jungle book. The inside story of rudyard kipling and the jungle book. Great movie, and should be considered a classic worth having in anyones dvd library. Origins can impress audiences, there is plenty of space for both movies to succeed.
Origins release date from october 21, 2016 to october 6, 2017, making it the first film to be slated for the month of october in 2017. New jungle book mowgli movie official trailer family film based on the classic jungle book story. An adventurous young boy found in the jungle by bagheera and raised by wolves. Acclaimed actor and director andy serkis reinvents rudyard kiplings beloved masterpiece, in which a boy torn between two worlds accepts his. At the same time as that film was being developed around 2012, warner. Rudyard kiplings the jungle book is getting a faithful adaptation with mowgli, which. It will be interesting to see how disney and rudyard kipling fans respond to. Mowgli rohan chand has never truly belonged in either the wilds of the jungle or the civilized world of man.
More on the jungle book origins release date after the jump. Watch the first trailer for andy serkiss jungle book. The plot follows mowgli, a feral child raised in the indian jungle by wolves. The disney film is adapted from a novel that rudyard kipling penned while living in dummerston from 1892 to 1896.
Christian bale and cate blanchett added to cast for jungle book. The jungle book creating the animals and the jungle vfx breakdown by mpc 2016 duration. Andy serkis shares the first trailer for his mowgli movie, proving that its much darker than disneys jungle book. The films also have different casts, of course, with the jungle book being led by the likes of bill murray, scarlett johansson, and idris elba, and origins boasting cast members benedict. The full jungle book origins cast has been revealed. The jungle book 1894 is a collection of stories by the english author rudyard kipling. Fangs and fur fly in visually dazzling but intense update. Two years ago, disneys reimagining of their own animated. As long as both the jungle book and the jungle book. Legend of the jungle trailers and clips metacritic.
New jungle book mowgli movie official trailer family film christian bale. The film is titled jungle book origins, it will blend liveaction and cgi and it will use moiton capture. This is in strict contrast with disneys popular 2016 the jungle book, which. Origins is pushed back an entire year and director andy serkis is thrilled. Origins, and briefly called, simply, mowgli, andy serkiss longintheworks liveaction take on rudyard. Origins, directed by andy serkis and featuring the likes of christian bale, cate blanchett, benedict cumberbatch and serkis himself as baloo the bear.
Directed by andy serkis, christian bale, cate blanchett, naomie harris and rohan chand are a few. It truly is a jungle out there in the landscape of hollywood. With neel sethi, bill murray, ben kingsley, idris elba. The movie hits theaters on october 19th and it will be the jungle book that weve never seen on the big screen before. Origins is an upcoming liveaction adventure fantasy film directed by andy serkis and written by callie kloves, based on the jungle book by rudyard kipling. Origins cast, the movie has found the rest of its characters.
Disneys latest movie which actually tries to recapture the spirit of the 1967 animation version. There are few stories as lasting as the jungle book, the tale of a boy raised by wolves having been adapted to multiple formats. And as kipling has been dead for more than 70 years, his works now belong to public domain. After all, remakes arent usually all theyre cracked up to be.
The acting is great and the use of live animals that have been expertly trained is downright amazing. A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named shere khan, as well as his own origins. Christian bale and cate blanchett join jungle book. The movie is directed by andy serkis and will feature christian bale, benedict cumberbatch and cate blanchett as lead characters. How andy serkis jungle book differs from jon favreaus. How many names can one movie have before it gets released. Check out these moments with mowgli and his jungle friends and relive the thrilling adventure. Vermont origins of jungle book as new film releases. Christian bale, cate blanchett, others join jungle book.
Andy serkis says his movie adaptation will be darker and more faithful to rudyard kiplings book. Origins out of its 2017 release date, teasing the movies ambitious scope. Racism warning on remake of jungle book film film the. Among those monitoring reaction to the film will be warner brothers, which is releasing its own remake, jungle book. The jungle book is a 1967 american animated musical comedy film produced by walt disney productions. The jungle book will see theatrical release in the u. It is set to open two years after the disney project, on oct.
Published in 1894, rudyard kiplings the jungle book proved to be a hit with young and old alike. Directed by wolfgang reitherman, it was the last film to be produced by walt disney, who died during its production. New jungle book mowgli movie official trailer family film. Mowglis mom, tatiana bartul, and grandfather tom, paul gustovich, pray for a miracle as mowglis. Andy serkis mowgli rating promises a darker jungle book than. Favreaus film will also combine cgi and live action, with 10yearold. Kiplings stories chronicle the exploits of the orphan. Blending live action and performance capture, the story follows the upbringing of the human child mowgli rohan chand raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of india. Here is the plot of this movie as far as we could analyze. Further differentiating his film from the disney version, serkis points out that hes not. But disney did release the jungle book, and that movie was a big, big hit, followed by the seemingly inevitable announcement of a sequel. Legend of the jungle official trailer hd netflix youtube.
Mowgli,messua,baloo and shere khan are back in this new animated adventure. The jungle books stories of a human boy named mowgli raised by animals in. The film stars rohan chand as mowgli with motion capture performances from serkis as baloo, christian bale as bagheera, benedict cumberbatch as shere. This is the best live action version of the jungle book ive ever seen. Origins by a full year, penciling it in for a new date in 2017. Origins release date from october 21, 2016 to october 6, 2017, making it the first film to be. I found this to be a better movie than disneys liveaction version of the jungle book from a couple of years ago.
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