Jon Favreau’s upcoming, live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book has quite a few notable actors voicing the film’s jungle-inhabiting creatures, but one pairing of cast and character that’s generating ...

Full disclosure: When I was growing up, “The Jungle Book” was my jam. And as an adult, “forget about your worries and your strife” — the simplest of the “Bare Necessities” lines — is a guiding mantra.

Bill Murray has joined the cast of Disney’s “The Jungle Book” as the voice of Baloo the Bear. Previously announced cast include Christopher Walken as King Louie, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, Ben ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Mowgli has been raised in the jungles of India by Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and a wolf pack. He is reunited with his childhood friend, Kitty, the daughter of Colonel Brydon and learns the ...

The Jungle Book is one of the most beloved classic Disney cartoons, and has been ever since its release in 1967. Loosely based off of the stories by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book was one of the ...

How does director Jon Favreau update Rudyard Kipling’s classic story “The Jungle Book,” already a Disney animated favorite from 1967? He looks to “Planet Earth.” The animals rendered in stunning 3-D ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is just the latest lavish adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. The original book was actually a collection of short stories about ...

Panthers and tigers and bears. Oh, my. The beloved 1967 Disney cartoon classic “The Jungle Book” takes on a dazzling live-action-ish life in Jon Favreau’s adaptation, a visual wonderment of color, ...