"as Baloo, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, and Christopher Walken as King Louie. The film was released on April 15, 2016 to critical acclaim. After a fierce tiger threatens his life, Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by a stern panther and a free-spirited bear, sets out on a journey of self-discovery. Following the film's early financial and critical successes, the studio has begun work on a sequel film. Favreau is reported to return as director, while"
"King Louie King Louie is a fictional character introduced in Walt Disney's 1967 animated musical film, ""The Jungle Book"". Unlike the majority of the adapted characters in the film, Louie was not featured in Rudyard Kipling's original works. King Louie was portrayed as an orangutan who was the leader of the other jungle primates, and who attempted to gain knowledge of fire from Mowgli, in order to become more human. King Louie was voiced by Louis Prima in the original 1967 film. Initially, the filmmakers considered Louis Armstrong for the role, but to avoid the likely controversy that would result"
"The Jungle Book (2016 film) The Jungle Book is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and written by Justin Marks. Based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous collective works and inspired by Walt Disney's 1967 animated film of the same name, ""The Jungle Book"" is a live-action/CGI film that tells the story of Mowgli, an orphaned human boy who, guided by his animal guardians, sets out on a journey of self-discovery while evading the threatening Shere Khan. The film introduces Neel Sethi as Mowgli and also features the voices of Bill"
"his voice work in New Orleans while Haley Joel Osment recorded his in California. Due to a legal dispute, the character of King Louie from the original ""Jungle Book"" could not be included in this film. However, he makes a non-physical appearance as a shadow puppet in the beginning of the film and is briefly mentioned in the middle of the film. The decision was made to keep Shere Khan in shadow during the beginning of the film to ""reflect his 'wounded pride'"". ""The Jungle Book 2"" received generally negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the"
"(2014), and ""The Jungle Book"" (2016). Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. Kingsley was born Krishna Pandit Bhanji in Snainton, near Scarborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He is the son of Anna Lyna Mary (born Goodman; 1914–2010), an actress and model who appeared in films in the 1920s and 1930s, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (1914–1968), a doctor. Kingsley's mother was British;"
"Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. Black is known for his roles in ""High Fidelity"" (2000), ""Shallow Hal"" (2001), ""School of Rock"" (2003), ""King Kong"" (2005), ""The Holiday"" (2006), the ""Kung Fu Panda"" franchise (2008–2016), ""Tropic Thunder"" (2008), ""Gulliver's Travels"" (2010), ""Bernie"" (2011), ""Goosebumps"" (2015), and """" (2017). He has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Black is the lead vocalist of the comedic rock duo Tenacious D which he formed in 1994 with friend Kyle Gass."
"Jason Scott Lee Jason Scott Lee (, born November 19, 1966) is an American actor and martial artist. Lee is perhaps best known for his roles as Bruce Lee (no relation) in the 1993 martial arts film """", and Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of ""The Jungle Book"". Lee was born in Los Angeles. He was raised in Hawaii and is of Chinese descent. He attended school at Pearl City High School. He has been married to Diana Lee since 2008. Lee started his acting career with small roles in ""Born in East L.A."" (1987) and ""Back to the"
"Jason Weaver Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979), also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer best known for his roles as Marcus Henderson on The WB sitcom ""Smart Guy,"" Jerome Turrell on the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Thea"" from 1993–1994, and the pre-teenaged Michael Jackson on the 1992 ABC miniseries "". Jason was also the singing voice of the young Simba in Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1994 film The Lion King.[1] One of Weaver's earliest acting roles was on Oprah Winfrey's 1990 television series ""Brewster Place"". He went on to portray a young Michael"
"Adventures of Baloo and Mowgli""), an unofficial sequel also written by screenwriter Larry Simmons, which continued the story of the film, and included Phil Harris and Louis Prima voicing their film roles. In the record, Baloo (Harris) is missing Mowgli (Ginny Tyler), so he teams up with King Louie (Prima) and Bagheera (Dal McKennon) to take him from the man village. Four new songs were composed for the record, two of which (""Baloo's Blues"" and ""It's a Kick"") made appearances as bonus tracks on CD versions of the soundtrack to the original ""The Jungle Book."" On April 19, 2016, Disney"
"Liberties Union since 1995. He is a practictioner and student of Chinese Chan Buddhism. John Lloyd Young John Lloyd Mills Young is an American actor and singer. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's ""Jersey Boys"". He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut. Young sang lead vocals on the Grammy-award winning ""Jersey Boys"" cast album, certified Platinum by the Recording Industry"
"The Lion King (2019 film) The Lion King is an upcoming American drama film directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a photorealistic computer animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film features the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, John Oliver, Keegan-Michael Key, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and James Earl Jones. Plans for a remake of ""The Lion King"" were confirmed in September 2016 following the success of Favreau's ""The Jungle Book"". Much of the main cast signed in early 2017 and principal photography began in"
"Kim Strauss Kim Strauss (born August 2, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and Amazon.com bestselling author with his children's book ""Kalan the Mighty Warrior: Book One – Braxus the Owl: Guardian of the Forest"". He is also known for doing many voice roles throughout the history of the ""Power Rangers"" franchise; the more notable roles include Ninjor in Season 3 of ""Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers"", Scorpius in """", and Jinxer in """". He has also enjoyed recurring acting roles on popular television series such as ""The Young and the Restless"" and ""Babylon 5""."
"Kim Strauss Kim Strauss (born August 2, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and Amazon.com bestselling author with his children's book ""Kalan the Mighty Warrior: Book One – Braxus the Owl: Guardian of the Forest"". He is also known for doing many voice roles throughout the history of the ""Power Rangers"" franchise; the more notable roles include Ninjor in Season 3 of ""Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers"", Scorpius in """", and Jinxer in """". He has also enjoyed recurring acting roles on popular television series such as ""The Young and the Restless"" and ""Babylon 5""."
"Sucks"". Black said to the audience beforehand, ""We haven't played [this song] for years, because it just never felt appropriate - But now, we're happy to unleash the beast. The government totally sucks."" Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. Black is known for his roles in ""High Fidelity"" (2000), ""Shallow Hal"" (2001), ""School of Rock"" (2003), ""King Kong"" (2005), ""The Holiday"" (2006), the ""Kung Fu Panda"" franchise (2008–2016), ""Tropic Thunder"" (2008), ""Gulliver's Travels"" (2010), ""Bernie"" (2011), ""Goosebumps"" (2015),"
"Bruce Reitherman Bruce Reitherman (born September 15, 1955) is an American filmmaker and former child actor. Born in Burbank, California, Reitherman is the son of German-born Disney animator Wolfgang Reitherman and Janie Marie McMillan, and provided the voices of Mowgli in ""The Jungle Book"" and Christopher Robin in ""Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree"". After graduating from U.C. Berkeley in 1977 with an independent major in Natural Resources and a minor in Spanish, subsequent work experience included stints as a river guide, field biologist, naturalist, expedition leader and biological consultant. He has worked on natural history productions in exotic"
"Christopher Robbie Christopher Robbie (born 30 May 1938) is a British actor, television announcer, theatre director and designer, playwright and photographer. He trained as an actor at RADA in London, and has had a distinguished theatrical career, playing the title role in King Lear when a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has performed a one-man play about the life of Charles Darwin. Under the pseudonym James Alan he wrote the play ""The Sirens of Eroc"". As a television actor he has appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" stories ""The Mind Robber"" and ""Revenge of the Cybermen"", as well as"
"Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's ""The King's Speech"" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the ""Brit Pack"" of rising, young British actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's ""Pride"
"order to defeat the Lion Guard and take over the Pride Lands. In 2016, it was announced that Disney is developing a ""Lion King"" remake with Jon Favreau directing. Reports stated that animation styles will be similar to Favreau's 2016 film ""The Jungle Book"" and will shoot it back to back with ""The Jungle Book"" sequel. The film's voice cast will feature Donald Glover as Simba, James Earl Jones reprising his role as Mufasa, and Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as Timon and Pumbaa respectively. The movie will be produced by Fairview Entertainment. In April 2017, Disney announced that the"
"again collaborated with Disney in two of its live-action films, having rewrote the song ""I Wan'na Be Like You"" for Jon Favreau's 2016 remake of ""The Jungle Book"". As the film featured the song's performer, King Louie, as a ""Gigantopithecus"", Sherman rewrote it to fit the character's depiction. He also wrote three new songs for the 2018 film ""Christopher Robin"", titled ""Goodbye Farewell"", ""Busy Doing Nothing"", and ""Christopher Robin"", the last two performed by Sherman. Following Robert Sherman's relocation from Beverly Hills to London, England, the brothers continued to collaborate musically. They credited the ability to do so long-distance to"
"order for Favreau to instead focus mainly on ""The Lion King"". By January 12, 2018, Marks ended an early draft for the sequel, which he said will ""go further through"" Kipling's material, as well as feature elements of Bill Peet's rejected drafts for the 1967 film. The Jungle Book (2016 film) The Jungle Book is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and written by Justin Marks. Based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous collective works and inspired by Walt Disney's 1967 animated film of the same name, ""The Jungle Book"" is"
"King Julien voice. Jacobs was nominated for the 2010 Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Television Production for his voice role of King Julien in ""Merry Madagascar"" (2009), but lost the award to Tom Kenny. He won a 2011 Daytime Emmy Award and 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for his voice role of King Julien in ""The Penguins of Madagascar"" (2008–2015) and ""All Hail King Julien"" (2014–2017). Danny Jacobs (actor) Daniel Charles Jacobs, Jr. (born July 7, 1968) is an American actor, singer, voice artist, and comedian. He served as the voice of King Julien in the ""Madagascar"" franchise, substituting"
"chocolate Labrador retriever and his family, as well as staying active in his church youth group. Dolley currently lives with his parents in Simi Valley, California. When not acting, he takes college courses in philosophy at Moorpark College and at California Lutheran University. Jason Dolley Jason Scott Dolley (born July 5, 1991) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles in Disney Channel shows and movies. These include Newton ""Newt"" Livingston III on ""Cory in the House"", Virgil Fox in ""Minutemen"", Connor Kennedy in ""Read It and Weep"", Pete Ivey in ""Hatching Pete"", and PJ Duncan on ""Good"
"2017. Firth added, ""I will always be extremely British (you only have to look at or listen to me)."" Interviews Further reading Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's ""The King's Speech"" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the ""Brit Pack"" of"
"Bench (Ealing) for six years across the period. In 2002, and 2010 he stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the district of Perivale in the local council elections for Ealing London Borough Council, but failed to be elected. John Leeson John Leeson (born John Francis Christopher Ducker; 16 March 1943, Leicester) is a British actor who is known for voicing Bungle in ""Rainbow"" and K-9 in ""Doctor Who"". RADA trained, Leeson's varied stage and television career spans nearly half a century. It includes work in both repertory and West End productions including Neil Simon's ""Plaza Suite"" (1969),"
"own ""Jungle Book"" film, ""Mowgli"", it was reported that Favreau's film would be released in August or November 2018, although it was later put on hold so he could focus on ""The Lion King"". Favreau married physician Joya Tillem on November 24, 2000. The couple has three children: a son, Max, born July 25, 2001, and two daughters, Madeleine, born April 2003, and Brighton Rose, born August 2006. Tillem is the niece of lawyer/talk show host Len Tillem. Favreau credits the role-playing game ""Dungeons & Dragons"" with giving him ""...a really strong background in imagination, storytelling, understanding how to create"
"Luca Biagini Luca Biagini (born October 3, 1949) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biagini is best known for dubbing over the voices of actors like Hugo Weaving in ""The Lord of the Rings"" film series, Michael Keaton in ""Batman"" and ""Spotlight"", Arliss Howard in ""Full Metal Jacket"", J.K. Simmons in ""Whiplash"", Bruce Willis in ""12 Monkeys"", Ed Harris in ""The Hours"", Colin Firth, John Malkovich and Kevin Kline in most of their performances. In 2010, he became the new official voice of Hugh Laurie in ""House"", after the death of his former dubber Sergio Di Stefano. He gave"
"in the 2014 film ""St. Vincent"". He played a music manager in 2015's ""Rock the Kasbah"". In 2016, he was the voice of Baloo in Disney's live action remake of ""The Jungle Book"". The film earned a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Murray was nominated to for Favorite Animated Movie Voice at the People's Choice Awards; he lost to Ellen DeGeneres. Murray appeared as Martin Heiss, a cynical ghost debunker, in the reboot of ""Ghostbusters"", which was released on July 15, 2016. There had been speculation that he might return to the ""Ghostbusters"" franchise for a rumored ""Ghostbusters"
"Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor and singer. His roles include the title character in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), the voice of the adult Simba in Disney's ""The Lion King"" trilogy (1994–2004), David Lightman in the Cold War thriller ""WarGames"" (1983), and Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of ""The Producers"" (2005), and John Brown in Inspector Gadget (1999). Broderick has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for ""Brighton Beach Memoirs"" (1983), and one for Best Actor in a Musical for ""How to Succeed in Business Without"
"BD Wong Bradley Darryl Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in ""M. Butterfly"", becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. He has since gained more notability for playing the roles on """", Father Ray Mukada on ""Oz"", Dr. John Lee on ""Awake"", Dr. Henry Wu in the ""Jurassic Park"" franchise, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film ""Seven Years in Tibet"". As of"
"In November, talking with ComingSoon.net, Favreau said the virtual cinematography technology he used in ""The Jungle Book"" would be used to a greater degree in ""The Lion King"". Although the media reported ""The Lion King"" to be a live-action film, it actually utilizes photorealistic computer-generated animation. Disney also did not describe it as live-action, only stating it would follow the ""technologically groundbreaking"" approach of ""The Jungle Book"". In mid-February 2017, Donald Glover was cast as Simba, with James Earl Jones reprising his role as Mufasa from the 1994 film. In April 2017, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen were cast to"
"Justin Roiland Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer and director. He is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of Adult Swim's ""Rick and Morty"", in which he voices the show's titular characters, the voice of Oscar on Disney Channel's ""Fish Hooks"", the Earl of Lemongrab on Cartoon Network's ""Adventure Time"" and Blendin Blandin on ""Gravity Falls"". Roiland grew up on an almond orchard in Manteca, California. He attended Sierra High School for all of his time in high school up to the first quarter of his senior year and then transferred"
"Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2012: Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. ‡ 2013: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" as Jordan Belfort ‡ 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson ‡ 2015: Christian Bale – ""The Big Short"" as Michael Burry ‡ 2016: Ryan Reynolds – ""Deadpool"""
"announced on the January 11, 2017, episode of ""Conan"" that Emilie was pregnant with their second child. Their second child, a boy named River Joe, was born April 7, 2017. Jeff Goldblum has contributed as a voice actor to the following games : Jeff Goldblum Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, ""Jurassic Park"" (1993) and ""Independence Day"" (1996), as well as their respective sequels, """" (1997) and """" (2018), and """" (2016). Goldblum starred in films including ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"""