IRON MAN 3 stars
Ben Kingsley and
Jon Favreau are set to reunite for
THE JUNGLE BOOK reboot for Disney. Ben Kingsley will voice one of the characters,
Bagheera, a black panther animal that served as Mowgli`s friend in the original film and stories. Not much is own yet to the extent of how large the role will be but it`s safe to say he will be one of the film leads.
Scarlett Johansson will voice the snake
Kaa in the story while
Idris Elba is voicing the menacing tiger villain
Shere Khan in this seemingly perfect Marvel reunion.
Lupita Nyong'o is the only other cast member to have been recently annouced with
Jon Favreau currently set to direct this project. It`s currently scheduled to be released next year on
October 9th,2015.
Wikipedia - The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Inspired by the Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him into leaving the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives.