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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Did you know
- 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
Featured review
This is awesome
I've never been a fan of the original Jungle Book movie, but I did grow up watching it, and I did like it. This remake is (in my opinion) Disney's best remake so far.
The animation and the scenery is basically a new age in CGI. Not only are there CGI characters and creatures now, but locations too. The entire jungle looks absolutely real, yet it's not, and that's the great thing about it.
The characters themselves were pretty cool. I didn't care for Mowgli in the original movie, but this movie got me liking him. He's brave, not as bratty, and he's pretty inventive. Bagheera is as stern and careful as ever except that he's also got the action his book counterpart had had. And I like Baloo's character here, having a bit more of a self-serving trait his older counterparts never had but eventually becoming a nice guy. And that's the main characters. The wolves got more screen time, Kaa got a lot more dangerous (though she doesn't have as much screen time, which is my only complaint in this movie), King Louie is more sinister and less comical, and Shere Khan is a flat-out beast.
I'm also glad that they brought back three songs I enjoyed as a kid. I really liked Bare Necessities, and I've also started singing this version of I Wanna Be Like You. Trust In Me made me feel like Kaa was in a spy movie.
So on a scale from one to ten, I'd give it a perfect score: 10/10. It's an epic movie, and I highly recommend seeing this movie.
The animation and the scenery is basically a new age in CGI. Not only are there CGI characters and creatures now, but locations too. The entire jungle looks absolutely real, yet it's not, and that's the great thing about it.
The characters themselves were pretty cool. I didn't care for Mowgli in the original movie, but this movie got me liking him. He's brave, not as bratty, and he's pretty inventive. Bagheera is as stern and careful as ever except that he's also got the action his book counterpart had had. And I like Baloo's character here, having a bit more of a self-serving trait his older counterparts never had but eventually becoming a nice guy. And that's the main characters. The wolves got more screen time, Kaa got a lot more dangerous (though she doesn't have as much screen time, which is my only complaint in this movie), King Louie is more sinister and less comical, and Shere Khan is a flat-out beast.
I'm also glad that they brought back three songs I enjoyed as a kid. I really liked Bare Necessities, and I've also started singing this version of I Wanna Be Like You. Trust In Me made me feel like Kaa was in a spy movie.
So on a scale from one to ten, I'd give it a perfect score: 10/10. It's an epic movie, and I highly recommend seeing this movie.
- codydennison
- Nov 4, 2016
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- Also known as
- El Libro de la Selva
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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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