The Jungle Book is set to be one of the biggest films of the spring and there's not long to go now until the movie blasts onto the big screen.
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is one of the upcoming movies that I cannot wait to see as Disney have done such a great job with their live-action movies Maleficent and Cinderella. I really am expecting great things from the Jon Favreau-directed film.
The director has brought together a terrific cast as Bill Murray is Baloo, Ben Kingsley is Bagheera, Christopher Walken is King Louie, Scarlett Johansson is Kaa, Lupita Nyong'o is Raksha and Idris Elba is Shere Khan.
We are also going to be introduced to the acting talents of Neel Sethi, who will take on the central role of Mowgli. And they all feature in a set of terrific new character posters.
Jon Favreau has already brought us movies such as Iron Man and Iron Man 2 and this is his first feature film since Chef back in 2014.
The Jungle Book follows Mowgli (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 (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 (Kingsley), and the free-spirited bear Baloo (Murray).
Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who don't exactly have his best interests at heart, including Kaa (Johansson), a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the man-cub, and the smooth-talking King Louie (Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to the elusive and deadly red flower: fire.
The Jungle Book is released 15th April.
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