Interview

Special/Visual Effects

See How They Created The Incredible Beasts in The Jungle Book

At the end of the The Jungle Book, one of the most immersive live-action/CGI films of all time, there is a note on the screen about where the film was shot—downtown Los Angeles. Despite having spent the entire run time in the Indian jungle amongst gloriously life-like beasts, from tigers (Shere Khan, voiced by Idris Elba) and ...

By  |  April 30, 2016

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

Talking to The Jungle Book‘s VFX Supervisor Robert Legato

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic stories, Disney’s sweeping, epic, live action version of The Jungle Book is an immersive delight. We talk to Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Robert Legato about creating realistic worlds using computers, why it’s an exciting time to be working in visual effects and how they can make a The Revenant sequel minus ...

By  |  April 18, 2016
So Far, Critics Love The Jungle Book

The early reviews are in for The Jungle Book, and Jon Favreau's retelling of the Disney classic is currently enjoying a 100% fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com. As we've been covering the character featurettes, extended IMAX trailers and behind-the-scene teasers, we kept coming back to the same thing; man this films look beautiful. The blend of live-action and photoreal animation, put to such fantastic ...

By  |  April 5, 2016
Bill Murray is Baloo in This new The Jungle Book Clip

Bill Murray as a happy-go-lucky bear? Well, of course. This new clip from The Jungle Book features Murray as Baloo, the friendly bear that the man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi) meets along his journey through the jungle. We've been publishing a lot of Jungle Book related videos lately, as Disney has been releasing behind-the-scene featurettes and clips featuring characters like ...

By  |  March 30, 2016
Mowgli Leaves the Pack in new The Jungle Book Clip

The more we see of Jon Favreau's upcoming remake of The Jungle Book, the more we're excited about how beautiful the blend of live-action and photoreal animation looks. We've already seen how magnificent Idris Elba's might tiger Shere Khan looks in this clip (to say nothing of the assorted animals surrounding him), and now we get a look at ...

By  |  March 29, 2016

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Animator

Go Behind-the-Scenes of The Jungle Book

On Wednesday we shared the first clip of Idris Elba's magnificent tiger, Shere Khan, who is the central antagonist in Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book. In this new featurette, Favreau talks about how, thanks to the huge leap in technology in the past few years, photo real animation has made it possible, and worthwhile, to remake the classic ...

By  |  March 25, 2016

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Actor

Idris Elba’s Shere Khan Rules Over The Jungle Book Clip

Walt Disney Pictures has dropped the first clip for The Jungle Book clip that features Idris Elba as the the mighty tiger, Shere Khan. Khan doesn't take kindly to the fact that a family of wolves has taken in a 'man-cub' by the name of Mowgli (Neel Sethi). The clip shows off the seamless blend of live-action and CGI that director Jon ...

By  |  March 23, 2016

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Actor Director

The Jungle Book Super Bowl Breakthrough Spot Now Online

Did you catch the cool "breakthrough" Super Bowl spot for The Jungle Book? If you missed it, Walt Disney Pictures has brought it online, and it does a great job of furthering interest in director Jon Favreau’s upcoming live-action take on Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale. It's a pretty nifty fit to create a 3D feel to a teaser that's actually ...

By  |  February 9, 2016

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Actor

Disney’s The Jungle Book Triptych Poster

Walt Disney Pictures all-new live-action/CGI remake of their classic, The Jungle Book will be swinging into theaters in RealD 3D and IMAX® 3D on April 15, 2016.  A gorgeous new triptych poster for The Jungle Book has been released by IGN. The first two panels were revealed individually on Tuesday and Wednesday, but now we get to ...

By  |  January 8, 2016

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Actor Director

Tigers, Bears, Panthers, Oh My! Watch The Jungle Book‘s First Trailer

Yesterday director Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Chef) shared this teaser of his upcoming film The Jungle Book. Now Walt Disney Pictures has released the first full-length trailer for the live-action adventure, as well as a few choice photos. Based on Rudyard Kipling's stories and inspired by Disney's 1967 animated version, The Jungle Book follows a boy named Mowgli (Neel ...

By  |  September 16, 2015

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Actor Director

Director Jon Favreau Shares The Jungle Book Teaser

Director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) shared a little peek at his upcoming The Jungle Book on Instagram, whetting the appetite of fans of Rudyard Kipling’s stories and Disney’s own classic animated film. Favreau's The Jungle Book is a live-action film, and from this teaser (a full trailer is expected today), there's reason for excitement. The Jungle Book centers on Mowgli (newcomer Neel ...

By  |  September 14, 2015