Tag: The Jungle Book

  • ‘Lion King’: Jon Favreau Brings A Disney Classic Back To Live-Action Life

    ‘Lion King’: Jon Favreau Brings A Disney Classic Back To Live-Action Life

    Some movies are perfect and arguably shouldn’t be remade. One can easily make the argument that Disney’s 1994 animated film, “The Lion King,” is a modern classic that’s as close to perfect as one can get. But, Disney has a gravy train going with their live-action remakes, so they’re not about to stop now. The…

  • ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ Trailer: Netflix and Andy Serkis Remount the Rudyard Kipling Classic

    ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ Trailer: Netflix and Andy Serkis Remount the Rudyard Kipling Classic

    We all know what adventures man-cub Mowgli had in the jungle, but what happened when he returned to his kind?A Netflix Original film directed by actor Andy Serkis, “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” is yet another star-studded vision of Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, and Shere Khan, using voice and motion-capture performances to bring the jungle to…

  • Netflix Grants Exclusive Theatrical Release To Andy Serkis’ ‘Mowgli’

    Netflix Grants Exclusive Theatrical Release To Andy Serkis’ ‘Mowgli’

    Director Andy Serkis’ Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, a new retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, is the latest Netflix offering to get a limited theatrical release before it appears on the streaming service. Netflix announced today that the film will have exclusive theatrical engagements beginning Nov. 29 in Los Angeles, New York, San…

  • Wyclef Jean’s Childhood In Haiti To Be Captured In Netflix Animated Feature

    Wyclef Jean’s Childhood In Haiti To Be Captured In Netflix Animated Feature

    Exclusive: Netflix will make a CG-animated feature film inspired by the childhood of Haitian singer and The Fugees co-founder Wyclef Jean. Greg Silverman’s upstart production company Stampede is partnering with the three-time Grammy Award-winning musician to produce the film. Script will be written by Justin Marks, whose credits include The Jungle Book, its sequel, and…

  • Netflix Nabs Andy Serkis’ ‘Mowgli’ From Warner Bros.

    Netflix Nabs Andy Serkis’ ‘Mowgli’ From Warner Bros.

    Netflix has acquired Andy Serkis’ live-action “Mowgli” from Warner Bros. for an undisclosed price and will release the movie next year.The deal is one of the biggest acquisitions for the streaming service. Warner Bros. had planned to release the movie on Oct. 19.Footage shown at CinemaCon in April and the subsequent first trailer for “Mowgli”…

  • Jason Scott Lee Joins Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’; Here’s Everything We Know

    Jason Scott Lee Joins Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’; Here’s Everything We Know

    Jason Scott Lee has joined the cast of Disney’s live-action Mulan. He will be playing a villainous role, according to THR. Let’s recap all we know about the upcoming action-adventure.What’s the latest news?Jason Scott Lee broke out when he starred in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story back in 1993. He followed that up with lead…

  • Fox 2000 Sets Release Date For ‘The Hate U Give’

    Fox 2000 Sets Release Date For ‘The Hate U Give’

    Fox 2000’s adaptation of Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give is set to open in theaters on October 19. It shares a release date with Mowgli, Andy Serkis’ take on The Jungle Book as well as the revival of the horror franchise Halloween. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Angie Thomas, The…

  • Dave Michener Dies: Veteran Disney Animator, Story Artist, Director Was 85

    Dave Michener Dies: Veteran Disney Animator, Story Artist, Director Was 85

    Dave Michener, a veteran Disney animator, story artist, and director from 1956 up until his retirement from The Walt Disney Studios in 1987, has died at 85. He passed away on February 15 at his home in Los Angeles from complications due to a virus, according to his wife. Over the course of his 31-year…

  • Can ‘Mowgli’ Sell MovieGoers on a Darker ‘Jungle Book’?

    Can ‘Mowgli’ Sell MovieGoers on a Darker ‘Jungle Book’?

    Warner Bros. needs to convince moviegoers that they prefer their Kipling a bit darker.The studio is faced with the unenviable task of following up Disney’s 2016 box office smash “The Jungle Book” with “Mowgli,” their own take on the “man cub” who was raised by wolves. Based on footage that Warner Bros. screened for theater…

  • ‘Mulan’ Live-Action Disney Reboot Casts ‘Rogue One’ Star Donnie Yen

    ‘Mulan’ Live-Action Disney Reboot Casts ‘Rogue One’ Star Donnie Yen

    Donnie Yen is set to star opposite Liu Yifei in Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Mulan.”Niki Caro is directing, and Chris Bender, Jason Reed, and Jake Weiner are producing the movie. The film’s release was recently pushed back by more than a year to March 27, 2020.The English-language version of the original “Mulan” (1998) featured the…