One has to wonder if director and motion capture extraordinaire Andy Serkis started screaming into a pillow upon seeing Jon Favreau’s superb re-imaging of The Jungle Book in 2016. Not only did those visual effects rival anything in the Planet…
“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” trailer shows off a darker side of the classic story
Andy Serkis returns to the director’s chair with his latest project Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. The film is based on the classic story of The Jungle Book, but with a slightly darker tone this time around. The main character…
Movie Review: ‘The Jungle Book’
In 2014, Jon Favreau stood on stage at D23 ready to present footage of his adaptation of The Jungle Book. Before he queued it, he told us that this was probably the most technologically advanced film ever made. Of course,…
‘The Jungle Book’ Interview with director Jon Favreau
A couple weeks ago, I took part in a roundtable interview, along with other outlets, with the lovely Jon Favreau! The Jungle Book director talks to us about the challenges of bringing a re-imagined beloved story to life, why he…
The Jungle Book’s Awesome Portraits
With just over a week until the film premieres, The Jungle Book is all we can talk about in upcoming movies. They released their trailer Friday and have been showing debuting images and sneak peeks for months. But of all the forms of…
Mowgli meets Kaa in latest The Jungle Book trailer
Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa, Shere Khan, Akela. Reading these names is all it takes to get us excited for Disney’s upcoming live-action film The Jungle Book. If you’ve been following all the trailers and clips for this film in the past…
10 Book-to-Movie Adaptions to Look Out For in 2016
Most die-hard readers will claim that the movie is never better than the book, and while that may be true, movie adaptions can often bring their own magic in transforming your favourite novel into a silver-screen success. (We live in…