Since Rudyard Kipling's children's book was first published in 1984, the story of Mowgli and his life in the jungle, The Jungle Book, has captivated millions - and it is sure to ensnare even more with the release of the live-action reboot this weekend. But did you know these 15 facts about the classic story and its many reincarnations? 1. It was used as a motivational book for the Cub Scouts.Kipling gave the founder of the Scouts permission to use the book as a part of the curriculum. Its presence in the Scouting world has lasted: They use the term Akela,...
- 4/14/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
Since Rudyard Kipling's children's book was first published in 1984, the story of Mowgli and his life in the jungle, The Jungle Book, has captivated millions - and it is sure to ensnare even more with the release of the live-action reboot this weekend. But did you know these 15 facts about the classic story and its many reincarnations? 1. It was used as a motivational book for the Cub Scouts.Kipling gave the founder of the Scouts permission to use the book as a part of the curriculum. Its presence in the Scouting world has lasted: They use the term Akela,...
- 4/14/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
After acting alongside a mo-capped Andy Serkis in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto is reteaming with him for Warner Bros.’ Jungle Book: Origins.
Deadline reports that Pinto will take on a live-action role in the blockbuster pic, on which Serkis is set to make his directorial debut. She joins The Americans star Matthew Rhys, who is playing explorer John Lockwood, and Bad Words breakout Rohan Chand, who won the role of Mowgli, in the production, which will blend live-action and motion-capture to adapt the classic by Rudyard Kipling.
No details yet on which part the actress will play, but Jungle Book: Origins tells the story of an orphaned human boy raised by jungle animals including a friendly bear and a wise panther, so it’s perhaps likely that Pinto is playing either an explorer or Mowgli’s birth mother.
The motion-capture cast is...
Deadline reports that Pinto will take on a live-action role in the blockbuster pic, on which Serkis is set to make his directorial debut. She joins The Americans star Matthew Rhys, who is playing explorer John Lockwood, and Bad Words breakout Rohan Chand, who won the role of Mowgli, in the production, which will blend live-action and motion-capture to adapt the classic by Rudyard Kipling.
No details yet on which part the actress will play, but Jungle Book: Origins tells the story of an orphaned human boy raised by jungle animals including a friendly bear and a wise panther, so it’s perhaps likely that Pinto is playing either an explorer or Mowgli’s birth mother.
The motion-capture cast is...
- 5/8/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Though Disney undoubtedly has Warner Bros. licked in the studios’ race to get competing Jungle Book projects into theaters, the latter’s take on Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel certainly seems more interesting. Supposedly grittier than the more traditional Disney take, Jungle Book: Origins boasts Andy Serkis in the director’s chair and a starry voice cast. Now, the buzzy pic has taken another step forward, with word that The Americans‘ Matthew Rhys is in talks to star.
Rhys is set to play the human character John Lockwood, as opposed to lending his voice to an animal. He joins Bad Words breakout Rohan Chand, who is playing human boy Mowgli.
The voice cast includes Serkis (as Baloo the bear), Christian Bale (as panther Bagheera), Benedict Cumberbatch (as villainous tiger Shere Khan), Cate Blanchett (as python Kaa), Naomie Harris (as she-wolf Nisha), Tom Hollander (as jackal Tabaqui, a jackal and crony...
Rhys is set to play the human character John Lockwood, as opposed to lending his voice to an animal. He joins Bad Words breakout Rohan Chand, who is playing human boy Mowgli.
The voice cast includes Serkis (as Baloo the bear), Christian Bale (as panther Bagheera), Benedict Cumberbatch (as villainous tiger Shere Khan), Cate Blanchett (as python Kaa), Naomie Harris (as she-wolf Nisha), Tom Hollander (as jackal Tabaqui, a jackal and crony...
- 4/2/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The Magnificent Seven Luke Grimes ("American Sniper," "Fifty Shades of Grey") is in negotiations to join the cast of Antoine Fuqua's remake of "The Magnificent Seven" at MGM and Sony Pictures. The story centers on seven gunslingers who protect an oppressed Mexican village from a group of outlaws.
Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett and Vincent D’Onofrio star. John Lee Hancock and Nic Pizzolatto penned the script and production is expected to start within the next month. [Source: Variety]
Story of Your Life
Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to join Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi drama "Story of Your Life" at Paramount Pictures, FilmNation and Lava Bear Films. Eric Heisserer is penning the script.
In the story, alien craft land around the world and an expert linguist (Adams) is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett and Vincent D’Onofrio star. John Lee Hancock and Nic Pizzolatto penned the script and production is expected to start within the next month. [Source: Variety]
Story of Your Life
Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to join Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi drama "Story of Your Life" at Paramount Pictures, FilmNation and Lava Bear Films. Eric Heisserer is penning the script.
In the story, alien craft land around the world and an expert linguist (Adams) is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
- 4/2/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: The Americans star Matthew Rhys is in talks to star in Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book: Origins for Warner Bros. We hear he is set to play the human character of John Lockwood as opposed to voicing an animal. In addition to directing, Serkis also will produce with Harry Potter writer Steve Kloves and Jonathan Cavendish, Serkis' partner at his Imaginarium production company. Callie Kloves wrote the adaptation of the classic Rudyard Kipling novel about an orphaned boy…...
- 4/1/2015
- Deadline
Andy Serkis' Jungle Book: Origins is on the verge of adding a new actor to the cast and this one will not be for voice work or performance capture. Deadline reports that Matthew Rhys is in negotiations to play the human character of John Lockwood in the gritty take on Rudyard Kipling's classic. Rhys is best known for his current role on the critically acclaimed (and criminally underseen) series The Americans on FX. He is set to appear in John Wells' upcoming film Adam Jones opposite Bradley...
- 4/1/2015
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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