The Jungle Book (2016 film)

The Jungle Book is an upcoming American live-action/CGI film directed by Jon Favreau, written by Justin Marks, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film's executive producers are Molly Allen, Karen Gilchrist, Peter M. Tobyanse. Music will be written by John Debney.

The film will be released in 3D and open on April 15, 2016. Filming began on August 5, 2014.

Cast

 * Neel Sethi will play Mowgli
 * Emjay Anthony will voice Grey Brother
 * Bill Murray will voice Baloo
 * Ben Kingsley will voice Bagheera
 * Idris Elba will voice Shere Khan
 * Scarlett Johansson will voice Kaa
 * Christopher Walken will voice King Louie
 * Giancarlo Esposito will voice Akela
 * Lupita Nyong'o will voice Raksha
 * Giancarlo Esposito will voice Akela
 * Lupita Nyong'o will voice Raksha

Production
On July 9, 2013, the film was announced, with Justin Marks set to write the film. On November 5, 2013, it was announced Jon Favreau would direct the film.

On March 6, 2014, it was announced Idris Elba would voice Shere Khan. .

On April 23, it was announced Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o would voice Kaa and Raksha, respectively.

On June 25, 2014, it was announced Ben Kingsley would voice Bagheera.

On July 15, 2014, it was announced Neel Sethi would play Mowgli.

On July 28, 2014, it was announced Christopher Walken and Giancarlo Esposito would voice King Louie and Akela, respectively.

On August 1, 2014, it was announced Bill Murray would voice Baloo.

Richard M. Sherman who, alongside his late brother Robert B. Sherman wrote songs for Disney's original animated Jungle Book is going to write new songs for this film, and "The Bare Necessities" is going to be recycled from the original and sung by Bill Murray.

On January 13, 2015, the film's release date was pushed back from October 15, 2015, to April 15, 2016.

Trivia

 * The fifth of the live-action remakes of classic Disney films, the first being Tim Burton's  Alice in Wonderland in 2010.