The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

The story that many love and know from childhood will be told again. From the director of "Elf" and "Iron Man" Jon Favreau, as well as the producers of "Avatar" and "Future Earth". The human cub Mowgli was raised by the wolves Raksha and Akela. But the formidable Bengal tiger Sherkhan threatens the boy, because people are not fit to live in the jungle, and he is forced to leave. Under the guidance of the black panther Bagheera and the bear Baloo, Mowgli goes on an exciting journey. On his way, he will meet the python Kaa, who can hypnotize with his look and voice, the orangutan King Louie, and others. Read more The film "The Jungle Book" is an adaptation not only of the work of Rudyard Kipling, but also of the 1967 Disney cartoon of the same name by Wolfgang Reiterman. The creators of the film this time included more elements from the book in the plot to make the story more adventurous and dangerous. Film director Jon Favreau, in addition to several TV series, also filmed the Christmas comedy "Elf" with Will Ferrell, two parts of the superhero story "Iron Man" with Robert Downey Jr. and other less successful projects. Computer animals in "The Jungle Book" were voiced by popular actors: Scarlett Johansson (Kaa), Idris Elba (Sherhan), Christopher Walken (King Louis), Bill Murray (Baloo), Lupita Nyong'o (Raksha), Ben Kingsley (Baghira) and Giancarlo Esposito (Akela). For Mowgli actor Neel Sethi, this will be his film debut. Before that, he played the hero of a short film. All landscapes and places of action were made with the help of computer graphics. Both graphics and the work of puppeteers from the Jim Henson Company were used to create the animals. Scarlett Johansson was eight months pregnant while working on Kaa's voice. For the first time in the movie "The Jungle Book", the python is depicted as a woman, not a man.