After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear... Read allAfter a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 33 wins & 56 nominations total
Bill Murray
- Baloo
- (voice)
Ben Kingsley
- Bagheera
- (voice)
Idris Elba
- Shere Khan
- (voice)
Lupita Nyong'o
- Raksha
- (voice)
Scarlett Johansson
- Kaa
- (voice)
Giancarlo Esposito
- Akela
- (voice)
Christopher Walken
- King Louie
- (voice)
Garry Shandling
- Ikki
- (voice)
Brighton Rose Favreau
- Gray
- (voice)
- (as Brighton Rose)
Emjay Anthony
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Max Favreau
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Chloe Hechter
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Asher Blinkoff
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Knox Gagnon
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Sasha Schreiber
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Kai Schreiber
- Young Wolf
- (voice)
Jon Favreau
- Pygmy Hog
- (voice)
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- TriviaThe CGI character Baloo is so large and furry, he took almost five hours of rendering time per frame.
- GoofsAfter Mowgli is stung by bees, his stings completely disappear when walking through the woods in the next shot.
- Crazy creditsThe film ends with the Jungle Book storybook closing shut, in a parallel to The Jungle Book (1967) starting with this book opening. Part of the closing credits are seen within this book, with King Louie singing "I Wanna Be Like You" during the sequence.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Annoying Orange: Trailer Trashed: The Jungle Book (2015)
- SoundtracksThe Bare Necessities
Written by Terry Gilkyson
Produced by Tracey Freeman
Performed by Bill Murray and Neel Sethi
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Old school cartoon comes to CGI life...
I knew the story and the characters, and was not disappointed with this current rendition of this classic Disney/Kipling.
It was always beautiful to watch the almost perfectly realistic models of the animals.
Mowgli looked the part and seemed to handle the physical side of his performance as the only live performer, but his acting at times made me think of 'Anakin from the Phantom Menace' which is not good for a comparison. It was also not a good feeling to see cuts, scrapes and scars on Mowgli as the movie progressed. This is realistic for the amount of action, but it made me uncomfortable seeing this in an almost naked kid getting abused and almost killed by half the jungle.
The two times the movie broke out into song, also didn't really fit with this version either. If it had 5 or ten songs, you wouldn't notice, but those two moments really stood out and dumbed the movie down to me.
All the voices were pretty good, except Christopher Walken who seem woefully miscast and as King Louie and Bill Murray as/and the too cartoony Baloo character I also didn't really care for either.
It was also odd/unsettling that all the main characters were intelligent, but other animals seemed retarded (hedgehog?) or just normal animals? The monkeys and elephants in particular didn't talk, and these are two of the smartest most human-like in real life so this was really weird.
On the other hand, Idris Elba was gold as Sheer Khan and Scarlett Johansson's Kaa is perfect, like her voice performance in 'Her' she was wonderful as the hypnotic snake villain.
Had me in tears at times, all in all good, honest Disney fun in the spirit of the best of them like 'Lion King', Aladdin or Toy Story.
It was always beautiful to watch the almost perfectly realistic models of the animals.
Mowgli looked the part and seemed to handle the physical side of his performance as the only live performer, but his acting at times made me think of 'Anakin from the Phantom Menace' which is not good for a comparison. It was also not a good feeling to see cuts, scrapes and scars on Mowgli as the movie progressed. This is realistic for the amount of action, but it made me uncomfortable seeing this in an almost naked kid getting abused and almost killed by half the jungle.
The two times the movie broke out into song, also didn't really fit with this version either. If it had 5 or ten songs, you wouldn't notice, but those two moments really stood out and dumbed the movie down to me.
All the voices were pretty good, except Christopher Walken who seem woefully miscast and as King Louie and Bill Murray as/and the too cartoony Baloo character I also didn't really care for either.
It was also odd/unsettling that all the main characters were intelligent, but other animals seemed retarded (hedgehog?) or just normal animals? The monkeys and elephants in particular didn't talk, and these are two of the smartest most human-like in real life so this was really weird.
On the other hand, Idris Elba was gold as Sheer Khan and Scarlett Johansson's Kaa is perfect, like her voice performance in 'Her' she was wonderful as the hypnotic snake villain.
Had me in tears at times, all in all good, honest Disney fun in the spirit of the best of them like 'Lion King', Aladdin or Toy Story.
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- nate-car
- Jul 20, 2016
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- Also known as
- Cậu Bé Rừng Xanh
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- Budget
- $175,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $364,001,123
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $103,261,464
- Apr 17, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $967,724,775
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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