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[WrenchNinja]

Mogwli going to be white?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4585500/

No the kid from Bad Words is playing him.

Glad Hollywood didn't fuck this casting up.

I remember when they cast fucking Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli in the last live action film

 

[Slayven]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4585500/

good



So these Jungle book movies are new Deep Impact vs Armageddon?

 

[Escape Goat]

Jungle Book Origins is such a bad title lmao
Will the sequel be called Jungle Book Unleashed?

The Jungle Book

Jungle Book First Class

Jungle Book: The East India Company Strikes Back

 

[Exterminieren]

We are in a world where a movie called Jungle Book: Origins is going to be released.

what a time to be alive

 

[Alrus]

Huh. So they're not 3D animation films? Now I'm even more confused.

Disney has been making live action re-telling of classics animated (and live action) films for a while. They started with Alice in Wonderland, then Oz, then Maleficient. We're getting a Cinderella movie in 2015. Then Jungle Book the next year I guess.

I guess WB wants in on the money.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Jungle Book: Origins

The Jungle Book

Jungle Book: Days of Future Khan

 

[Akahige]

Huh. So they're not 3D animation films? Now I'm even more confused.

Motion capture for animals characters, regular shit for human characters.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

So these Jungle book movies are new Deep Impact vs Armageddon?

Yes.

Will the sequel be called Jungle Book Unleashed?

Yes. And the final film in the trilogy will end up becoming two films to maximize profits the story potential.

 

[odiin]

Jungle Book: Days of Future Khan

So it's basically a sequel to Into Darkness?

 

[WrenchNinja]

Cumberbatch ain't Tony Jay

 

[overcast]

Sidenote: When I was like 6 I would constantly run around pretending to be Shere Khan.

Does this make it more attractive on some weird level?

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Jungle Book Origins is an awful title.

It most definitely is, but that cast tho. Cumberbatch as Shere Kan is too fucking good to miss.

 

[Akainu]

What? Kaa is a dude. What is that about? Is this supposed to be them as kids?

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Hm. Other than Cumberpatch, I'm feeling the Favreau version's cast a lot more. Really curious how different/similar these turn out.

 

[Alrus]

Yeah I'm also confused as to why they're casting women for Kaa.

 

[C4Lukins]

That is an awesome cast. Bale, Blanchett, and Benedict are top 10 actor folk for me these days. Serkis is no slouch either. I hope they include my favorite mongoose in this.

 

[Ampersands]

Two different versions of the Jungle Book huh. I wonder which one is going to make more money?

 

[capslock]

Apart from Elba the casting for the Disney version sounds terrible.

 

[Buckethead]

WB presents White People In The Jungle

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

2 Jungle 2 Book: Full Throttle

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Cumberbatch is actually playing Shere KHHAAAAAAAAANNNN!

 

[Blader]

Jungle Book: Rising

 

[Timeaisis]

Holy shit it's actually called Jungle Book: Origins.

 

[OnPoint]

Is this gonna be real animals with moving mouths like Babe?

 

[Blargonaut]

WB presents White People In The Jungle

 

[FireAndBlood]

Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and now Jungle Book and Cinderella.

I guess we should expect a Beauty and the Beast. There's already been a 101 Dalmatians.

 

[Macka]

Jungle Book: Resurrection

Spoiler

Because it's gonna to die at the box office with that title.

 

[Slayven]

Yes.


.

I would put my money on Disney one, if I had a dog in the fight

 

[ganon]

Jungle Book Origins... lol

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Are they going to have a King Louie

I know he's not in the books, but Prima was my favourite thing about the movie.

 

[sgjackson]

Jungle Book: Inquisition

 

[NYR94]

Can't wait for Jungle Book: Absolution and Jungle Book: Annihilation.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

I want Jungle Book: Genisys

 

[commedieu]

We are in a world where a movie called Jungle Book: Origins is going to be released.

what a time to be alive

I've just been looking at my screen this entire time, without anything to type. But you summed it up perfectly.

Lack of creativity is a sad thing to watch.

 

[Jabraham]

Cumberbatch as Shere Khan sounds awesome. He seems perfect for that role.

 

[Chariot]

JUNGLE BOOK RISES

 

[A Serious Man]

I really can't even process how bad that title is.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Oh my lord.

Sidenote: When I was like 6 I would constantly run around pretending to be Shere Khan.

meh, he's no Tony Jay.

 

[Dan]

I couldn't care less about either one. Both sound unappealing for a variety of reasons.

I also can't believe Warner Bros are going to release both Tarzan and Jungle Book adaptations within 6 months of each other.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Two JB movies? I'll see both. (My Russian Blue's name is Bagheera)

 

[strafer]

dat oscar trio

 

[Toa TAK]

The only Jungle Book anything I've seen is Stephen Sommer's Jungle Book which I loved when I was a kid.

Now there are two being produced at the same time? With a super serious name?

I'll probably see both. Even though they won't, I would kill to see both of them come out within the same year. Just to see people's confusion.

 

[Dawg]

For some reason, I didn't know the Jungle Book movie is already 47 years old.

Still remember watching it for the first time at my grandparents when I was little. Good stuff.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

meh, he's no Tony Jay.

To be fair, Tony Jay voiced Shere Khan in TailSpin and The Jungle Book 2.

EDIT: I thought you were talking about Disney's first Jungle Book movie, but that was another actor entirely.

 

[Rootbeer]

Didn't feel it was really worth it's own thread, but first behind the scenes photo (terribad quality though)...

And a recent article:

The latest 'Jungle Book' revamp will blend live-action with photorealistic CGI imagery in 3D, and is set for an October 2015 release date.
Directed by Jon Favreau (“Chef,” “Iron Man,” “Elf&#8221, 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 who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba), who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he’s ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self-discovery, guided by panther-turned-stern mentor Bagheera (voice of Ben Kingsley), and the free-spirited bear Baloo (voice of Bill Murray). Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who don’t exactly have his best interests at heart, including Kaa (voice of Scarlett Johannsson), a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the man-cub, and the smooth-talking King Louie (voice of Christopher Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to the elusive and deadly red flower: fire.

The all-star cast also includes Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of the fiercely protective mother wolf Raksha, and Giancarlo Esposito as the voice of wolf pack’s alpha male Akela. “The Jungle Book” seamlessly blends live-action with photorealistic CGI animals and environments, using up-to-the-minute technology and storytelling techniques to immerse audiences in an enchanting and lush world.

 

[jmood88]

I really like Andy Serkis but the cast in Favreau's version is looking more interesting.

 

[Busty]

Didn't feel it was really worth it's own thread, but first behind the scenes photo (terribad quality though)...

And a recent article:

That's the Disney film, not the WB one.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

JUNGLE BOOK: REVELATIONS
JUNGLE BOOK UNLEASHED
JUNGLE BOOK RISING: REVENGEANCE


edit: wtf there are two different jungle book movies being made right now?

 

[Rootbeer]

That's the Disney film, not the WB one.

OMG they are seriously doing TWO?

Okay i'm confused then...

 

[The Lone Courier]

I'll wait for Jungle Book Origins Ultimate Edition.