The Jungle Book is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and produced by Jon Favreau. It is based on Rudyard Kipling’s eponymous collective works and inspired by Walt Disney’s 1967 animated film of the same name. The film introduces Neel Sethi, along with voice and motion capture performances from Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher Walken. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing over USD 966 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2016.
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The Jungle Book is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and produced by Jon Favreau. It is based on Rudyard Kipling’s eponymous collective works and inspired by Walt Disney’s 1967 animated film of the same name. The film introduces Neel Sethi, along with voice and motion capture performances from Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher Walken. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing over USD 966 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2016. It won accolades for achievements in visual effects at the 89th Academy Awards, 22nd Critics’ Choice Awards and 70th British Academy Film Awards. A sequel was in development, Marks wrote the script, and Favreau was set to return as director and a producer. The Jungle Book was released in the United States in Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D,. IMAX 3D and D-Box, and premium large formats, on April 15, 2016. The movie is a live-actionCGI 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. It was directed by Favreau, Marks, and producer Brigham Taylor, with filming taking place entirely in Los Angeles. It required extensive use of computer-generated imagery to portray the animals and settings, with the film’s story borrows elements from both Disney’s animated adaptation and the original Kipling novel.
It has been hailed as one of the best films of the year, with critics praising its visual effects, vocal performances, direction, musical score, and its faithfulness to the spirit of the original animated film and the Kipling novels. It also won the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and BAFTA awards for best animated feature film, best animated short, and best live action short, as well as the BAFTA and BAFTAs for best picture, best director, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress, among other accolades. The book is about a man-cub raised by the Indian wolf Raksha and her pack, led by Akela, in an Indian jungle ever since he was brought to them as an infant by the black panther Bagheera. One day, during the dry season, the jungle animals gather to drink the water that remains as part of a truce during a drought that enables the jungle’s wildlife to drink without fear of their predators. The truce is disrupted when a fire-scarred and vicious Bengal tiger named Shee Khan arrives, detecting Mow gli’s scent in the crowd. MowGli manages to escape amidst a wild water buffalo stampede. Later, he meets an enormous reticulated python named Kaa, who hypnotizes him. While under her influence, he sees a vision of his father being killed by Kaa.
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