The Jungle Book

2016
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Title: The Jungle Book

Original Title: The Jungle Book

Year: 2016

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: April 15 2016
  • United States: April 15 2016

Plot

The film directed by Jon Favreau ('Cowboys & Aliens', 'Chef') adapts again the classic tale of Rudyard Kipling that was transformed into a successful animated film in 1967 thanks to Disney. This time actors like Lupita Nyong'o, Christopher Walken or Scarlett Johansson give life to this mythical characters born from the pen of Kipling in 1894.

The story follows the adventures of Mowgli (Neel Seth), a child who is raised in the jungle by a pack of wolves in front of which we find her adoptive mother, the wolf Raksha, which Nyong'o voice. Idris Elba is behind the voice of the feared Shere Khan, an evil tiger who plans to kill Mowgli because of the threat that he inspires him. Luckily for the child the panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) and the bear Baloo (Bill Murray) will accompany him on this journey of survival and self-discovery in the jungle, where he meets characters like Kaa (Scarlett Johansson), a python that will try to hypnotize him in order to eat it, and King Louie (Christopher Walken), an orangutan who wants the child to teach him the secret of making fire.

Awards

  • 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 1
  • 2017 BAFTA Awards: 1 1

Cast

Director:

Jon Favreau Jon Favreau

Neel Sethi

Neel Sethi

Mowgli

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Kaa (Voice)

Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Shere Khan (Voice)

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

Baloo (Voice)

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Bagheera (Voice)

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

King Louie (Voice)

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Akela (Voice)

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Trivia

This is the first time a woman voices the snake Kaa, the character voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

Frank Cuesta is the voice of one scaly anteater.

Neel Sethi, the young actor who plays Mowgli, was not born in India, he was born in the city of New York, in the United States. His family is from this Asian country.

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