Fantasy Disney Making a Live-Action Version of 'The Jungle Book'

[terry78]

Seriously you can put Walken in any role and you just laugh at it.

 

[dark_b]

so true so true.

i hope the animators him as inspiration for the animation. would be even more funny.

 

[terry78]

If they have him cover I Wanna Be Like You it better get an Oscar nod and force him to perform live.

 

[Sawyer]

Bill Murray is Baloo

 

[Drizzle]

Appropriate casting.

 

[Dr. Evil]

If they have him cover I Wanna Be Like You it better get an Oscar nod and force him to perform live.

would it be like this?

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[SuperBatman]

Don't forget he's also going to be Captain Hook lol

 

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=122041

Cumberbatch = Shere Khan.

Kinda had an inkling since he could probably pull off the Tony Jay/George Sanders vibe, but decent enough choice.

 

[Pink Ranger]

"I'm tellin' ... you ... guys. Swingin' ... from trees ... all day ... makes me want ... some sort of ... banana. It's crazy ... you know. Wow! This jungle ... so humid. I feel ... like dancin' ..."

 

[SuperBatman]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=122041

Cumberbatch = Shere Khan.

Kinda had an inkling since he could probably pull off the Tony Jay/George Sanders vibe, but decent enough choice.

He's actually playing Shere Khan in the other Jungle book movie not this one.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Shere Khan in this one is played by Idris Elba.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, that's right. My fault.

 

[Drizzle]

Elba and Cumberbatch playing the same role in different films. Well I'll be damned.

 

[Sawyer]

Elba and Cumberbatch playing the same role in different films. Well I'll be damned.

They're also doing Jungle Book on Broadway with Tom Hardy portraying the character.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Does the WB version have King Louie?

 

[Sawyer]

He was a creation of the Disney movie, was he not? In that case, almost certainly no.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Well that makes the Disney film automatically better.

 

[Sawyer]

Between the two movies....

Baloo
Disney: Bill Murray
WB: Andy Serkis

Shere Khan
Disney: Idris Elba
WB: Benedict Cumberbatch

Kaa
Disney: Scarlett
WB: Cate Blanchett

Bagheera
Disney: Ben Kingsley
WB: Christian Bale

Akela
Disney: Giancarlo Esposito
WB: Peter Mullan

 

[Donnie Darko]

Between the two movies....

Baloo
Disney: Bill Murray
WB: Andy Serkis

Shere Khan
Disney: Idris Elba
WB: Benedict Cumberbatch

Kaa
Disney: Scarlett
WB: Cate Blanchett

Bagheera
Disney: Ben Kingsley
WB: Christian Bale

Akela
Disney: Giancarlo Esposito
WB: Peter Mullan

I'd give Disney the edge, especially when you add in Walken.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Walken gives Disney a slight edge, but only because it's Walken.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'd say WB has the better cast.

 

[flickchick85]

I haven't read much on either, but just based on the actors cast, I'm guessing WB's version is going for the "dark" approach, lol.

 

[kvz5]

I haven't read much on either, but just based on the actors cast, I'm guessing WB's version is going for the "dark" approach, lol.

Yup. Here's what Serkis said about it -

What I love about the screen adaptation by Steve and Callie Kloves is it’s very truthful to the original book; it doesn’t shy away from its darkness. The jungle is a Garden of Eden and a wonderful place for Mowgli to grow up in, but also is a place of fear and a place of threat.

http://www.slashfilm.com/jungle-book-origins-cast/

 

[flickchick85]

Yup. Here's what Serkis said about it -



http://www.slashfilm.com/jungle-book-origins-cast/

Ha, good casting then.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, Disney is going to basically make theirs fun, with bouts of danger and pathos. That will probably be the one people will flock to as opposed to the more serious one.