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The Jungle Book (2016) is an adventure/fantasy film about an orphan boy raised in the Jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther. The film is based on the book written by Rudyard Kipling.
The Jungle Book (2016) is directed by Jon Favreau. The animal characters are voiced by famous actors such as Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong, Christopher Walken and Ben Kingsley. Neel Sethi plays the title role of Mowgli in the film.
The film is produced by Walt Disney and has a runtime of 96 minutes. We have put together a list of Interesting facts and details about the movie The Jungle Book (2016).
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12. Richard M. Sherman wrote lyrics for both The Jungle Book (1967&2016)!
Lyricist Richard M. Sherman wrote music and lyrics for this film. He also wrote songs for previous The Jungle Book (1967).
11. Murray brothers (Bill and Brian) voiced Baloo in separate films!
Both Bill Murray and his older brother Brian Doyle Murray have voiced the same character “Baloo” in different movies. Bill Murray voices Baloo in this movie and his brother in The Jungle Book – Mowgli’s Story (1998).
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10. King Louie was orangutan in 1967 now he is gigantopithecus!
King Louie was an orangutan in The Jungle Book (1967). In this film, he is a gigantopithecus which was an ancestor of the orangutan whose range included parts of India. Orangutans are not native to India. This change in species was made to make the film more accurate and fantastic.
9. Animals and reptiles inspired actors!
Actors studied behavior and movement of different animals and reptiles for this film. The actors copied those movements in motion capture VFX. All the locations in the film are also computer generated VFX.
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8. Animals named after Crew!
The wolf cubs in the film are named after motion capture actors and some crew members. Giancarlo Esposito plays leader of Wolf pack “Akela”.
7. Adapted from The Jungle Book (1967), but more dangerous and adventurous!
The Jungle Book (2016) is a live action adaptation of The Jungle Book (1967). Filmmakers included elements from Rudyard Kipling’s novel to make this film more adventurous and dangerous.
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