Jungle Book: Origins
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Genre Drama Story by Rudyard Kipling Language English | Director Andy Serkis Music director Nitin Sawhney Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) (North America) Based on The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling Writer Rudyard Kipling (based on the novel by), Callie Kloves (screenplay) Production Warner Bros. Entertainment Cast Benedict Cumberbatch (Shere Khan), Christian Bale (Bagheera), Andy Serkis (Baloo), Cate Blanchett (Kaa), Naomie Harris (Nisha), Rohan Chand (Mowgli)Similar movies Rudyard Kipling wrote the story for Jungle Book: Origins and The Jungle Book | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jungle book origins release pushed back one year amc movie news
Jungle Book: Origins is an upcoming British live-action adventure fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis, with a screenplay by Callie Kloves, based on the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Rohan Chand as Mowgli, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, Christian Bale as Bagheera, Cate Blanchett as Kaa, Serkis as Baloo, Naomie Harris as Nisha and Tom Hollander as Tabaqui.
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- Jungle book origins release pushed back one year amc movie news
- Cast
- Production
- Similar Movies
- Release
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Principal photography began on March 9, 2015. Warner Bros. will release the film in North America on October 6, 2017.
An orphaned boy is raised in the wild.
Cast
Live-action roles
Motion capture performances
Production
On April 27, 2012, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures was developing a live-action version of The Jungle Book by writer Rudyard Kipling, with Steve Kloves in talks to write, direct and produce the film about an orphaned boy, Mowgle, who was raised in the Jungle by animals. On December 4, 2013, it was announced that Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was in talks to direct the film, with a screenplay by Callie Kloves, while Steve Kloves, who was first announced to write and direct, would produce the film. On January 9, 2014, Gonzalez Inarritu left the project due to scheduling conflicts with Birdman and The Revenant. On February 14, 2014 it was announced that Ron Howard was in talks to direct, and he would also produce the film alongside Brian Grazer through their Imagine Entertainment company. It was then announced on March 20, 2014 that Andy Serkis would direct and produce the film with Jonathan Cavendish, his partner at The Imaginarium Studios, and Steve Kloves. Production designer would be Gary Freeman, editor would be Mark Sanger, and costume designer would be Alexandra Byrne.
On August 19, 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch joined the film to voice the villain role of Shere Khan. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Eddie Marsan, Peter Mullan and Rohan Chand were announced the following day. Jack Reynor was added to the cast on March 9, 2015 as Mowglis Brother Wolf. It was announced on April 1, 2015 that Matthew Rhys was in talks to play the human role of John Lockwood. On May 8, 2015, it was confirmed that Freida Pinto would be playing an unspecified live-action role along with Rhys and Chand.
Principal photography officially began on March 9, 2015.
Similar Movies
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Release
The film, titled Jungle Book: Origins, was previously set for an October 21, 2016 release. On December 11, 2014, WB shifted the date to October 6, 2017, allowing more time for further work on the special effects.
References
Jungle Book: Origins WikipediaJungle Book: Origins themoviedb.org Jungle Book: Origins IMDb