Mowgli (2018)

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Release Date: October 19, 2018 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX)

Warner Bros. Pictures' big-screen, 3D adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic "The Jungle Book." The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli, raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own. All but one: the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins.

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Eddie Marsan, Naomi Harris, Peter Mullan, Tom Hollander, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto, Jack Reynor, Rohan Chand

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Andy Serkis
Screenwriter: Callie Kloves
Genre: Action, Adventure

Official Website: Not Available

 

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Benedict Cumberbatch to voice Shere Khan in Andy Serkis' Jungle Book

Warner Bros. Pictures is moving ahead with its Andy Serkis-directed The Jungle Book: Origins and has cast its first voice lead - Benedict Cumberbatch will voice the tiger Shere Khan.

Cumberbatch coincidentally played another Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness. He's also provided his voice for "The Hobbit" trilogy and the upcoming Penguins of Madagascar.

 

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Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and many more join Andy Serkis' Jungle Book




Following the announcement yesterday that Warner Bros. had cast Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of Shere Khan in the Andy Serkis-directed The Jungle Book: Origins, we've now got word on who will be joining him for the film.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan will voice characters in the October 21, 2016 release based on Rudyard Kipling's novel, while Rohan Chand (Bad Words) will star as the human boy Mowgli. Serkis will also take a role in the film.

Serkis will play Baloo the bear, Bale is the panther Bagheera, Blanchett will voice Kaa, Hollander is the jackal Tabaqui, Mullan will be leader of the wolf pack Akela, Harris is the female wolf Nisha, and Marsan is her mate Vihaan.

Callie Kloves wrote the script, while her father, Steve Kloves ("Harry Potter" films), is producing.

 

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Freida Pinto reunites with Andy Serkis for Jungle Book: Origins

Just as she did in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, actress Freida Pinto is reportedly going to reunite with Andy Serkis for his directorial debut Jungle Book: Origins for Warner Bros. Pictures, playing one of the live-action roles, according to Deadline.

 

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Andy Serkis says his Jungle Book will be darker, scarier

Director Andy Serkis‘ upcoming Jungle Book movie is — much like DC from Marvel movies — hoping to distinguish itself by going down a darker path than its Walt Disney Pictures rival Jungle Book film, which has already grossed $828 million worldwide. Serkis told Vulture of this tonal difference between Jon Favreau’s film and his, which isn’t slated to hit theaters until October 19, 2018.

“Ours is for a slightly older audience,” Serkis said. “It’s a PG-13, more a kind of ‘Apes’ movie, a slightly darker take, closer to Rudyard Kipling’s. It’s great to scare kids in a safe environment because it’s an important part of development, and we all loved to be scared as kids, so we shouldn’t overly protect them. Kids are so sophisticated, and that is why our ‘Jungle Book’ is quite dark. … It’s a story of an outsider, someone who is trying to accept the laws and customs of a particular way of living and then has to adapt to another culture, a human culture, which of course he should be able to adapt to, because this is what he is. So it’s about two different species and their laws and customs, and neither are entirely right.”

 

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