WATCH THE FULL TRAILER FOR DISNEY’S LIVE ACTION ‘JUNGLE BOOK’
Disney have unveiled our best look yet at their upcoming live action remake of The Jungle Book, and depending on how much you cherish the original, it’s a kind of surreal experience.
Along with all the big budget advertising campaigns and halftime performances, yesterday’s Superbowl primetime free-for-all has also produced a swathe of new trailers for some of the most hyped movie properties, from Independence Day to new Marvel titles like Captain America.And, of course, the latest instalment in Disney’s quest to recreate some of its biggest and most iconic animated flicks for a new generation.
It’s the studio’s second stab at a live action Jungle Book, following 1994’s Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book starring Jason Scott Lee and a young Queen Cersei/Lena Headey.
With star Neel Sthi front and centre as Mowgli, this new trailer introduces us to the bulk of his computer generated animal co-stars, including antagonist Shere Khan (Idris Elba), mentoring panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), big ol’ python Kaa (Scarlett Johanssen) and loveable bear Baloo (Bill Murray). Unlike the original, the Jon Favreau (Iron Man) directed The Jungle Bookwon’t strictly be a musical, but based on the trailer will feature enough musical cues to tug at your childhood nostalgia including a dramatic reading of Bear Necessities.
Due to land in April, the film also features the likes of Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong’o andGiancarlo Esposito. One thing is for sure, Hollywood’s capacity to create CGI monkeys and assorted jungle critters has come a long, long way from Jumanji.
Watch the trailer here: