Can a member of the upkeep re-title this to something more agnostic since the Andy Serkis directed, and unfortunately titled,
The Jungle Book: Origins, debuts a year after Disney's adaptation of its previous work? Plus, there are a half other additions that could be talked about in one distinct location. No need to root around the site then.
Fun fact: The word "jungle" has nothing to do with the... rainforest. It's a Hindi word meaning "wilderness."
roundshort said:
I will see it no matter how horrible the CGI will be...
I don't know. Richard Parker was phenomenal. If Disney can produce that level of quality -- I have to assume they've farmed it out to ILM -- then the animals should look fantastic. I think the real concern is the voice acting. Established stars are cast for the name/voice recognition, and I dearly don't want to hear any of the announced cast "phoning in" their performance. Especially cringe worthy is the idea of a Christopher Walken-voiced King Louie.
Can you imagine how dull this would be with Murray & Walken?
Anyway, for the interested parties out there, the announced cast so far includes:
Idris Elba as Shere Khan
Scarlett Johannson as Kaa
Bill Murray as Baloo
Ben Kingsley as Bagheera
Christopher Walken as King Louie
Giancarlo Esposito as Akela (alpha wolf)
Lupita Nyong’o as Raksha (mother wolf)
Newcomer Neel Sethi will make his film debut as Mowgli. He'll also be the only humanoid to feature on the screen. So while I was hoping for something closer to the original books, it sounds like it's going to be a straight up adaptation of the animated semi-classic. And if that's the case, then Mr. Elba has large shoes to fill. George Sanders will always be Shere Khan. (Even though Tony Jay did a bang up job as well.)
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I suspect that you'll see a trailer attached to the next release in the Disneynature series.
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