Scarlett Johansson & Lupita Nyong'o In Talks To Join Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK

Scarlett Johansson & Lupita Nyong'o In Talks To Join Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK

THR report that Nyong'o and Johansson are in negotiations to provide the voices for a couple of major characters in director Jon Favreau's live-action/CG hybrid take on the classic Disney tale.

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 23, 2014 03:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: THR
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Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong’o are talks to join Idris Elba in Disney's live-action/CG hybrid version of The Jungle Book, which has Iron Man director Jon Favreau at the helm. Apparently Nyong’o is in final negotiations to play 'Rakcha', Mowgli's wolf-mother, while Johansson is in earlier talks to voice 'Kaa' the python. Elba will play the main villain, the tiger 'Shere Khan', with the lead human role of 'Mowgli' and his pals 'Baloo' the bear and 'Bagheera' the panther still to be cast. Justin Marks wrote the script, and the movie has a release date of October 29, 2015.
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AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 4/23/2014, 4:00 PM
At first, I thought it meant ScarJo in a loin cloth.....and then i read the article :(
RR51
RR51 - 4/23/2014, 4:07 PM
Really hope Nyong'o goes beyond the typical filler roles of black actors.
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 4/23/2014, 4:24 PM
loin cloth scarjo ooo boi...
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 4/23/2014, 4:31 PM
I'm actually kinda excited for both of the live-action Jungle Book movies.
NightForce
NightForce - 4/23/2014, 4:32 PM
@MrFridayNights
Everything you write I think you're 12 years old.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/23/2014, 4:35 PM
Flawless casting if this ends up happening!
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/23/2014, 4:36 PM
@MrFriday

Yeah, she was just named People's most beautiful star and there's a reason for it.
PunkRockJesus
PunkRockJesus - 4/23/2014, 4:37 PM
@MrFridayNights
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/23/2014, 4:39 PM
2 beautiful women. Great casting.
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 4/23/2014, 4:43 PM
Lupita is [frick]ing gorgeous.
Tdi7457
Tdi7457 - 4/23/2014, 4:48 PM
Lol, ScarJo is being cast as Kaa? Kaa is a dude. Plus, the character is menacing, you need to sound it, and ScarJo sounds like she needs a cough drop.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 4/23/2014, 4:49 PM
I won't go as far and say that Lupita is ugly, but I just don't find her attractive. Anyways, this movie will shit on WB's version.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/23/2014, 4:53 PM
Hot hot women!!! Both of em
Nick56
Nick56 - 4/23/2014, 4:56 PM
Scarjo voice only? Disappointing....
Destined
Destined - 4/23/2014, 5:05 PM
I can dig this and ecstatic for Lupita! She is most definitely a beautiful person.
Asterisk
Asterisk - 4/23/2014, 5:24 PM
ScarJo as Kaa is almost kinda brilliant.

I wanna see some snake titties.
Tdi7457
Tdi7457 - 4/23/2014, 5:24 PM
Man, this is gonna suck. Hope Andy Serkis's interpretation is better.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/23/2014, 5:25 PM
If you don't get the genius of casting Scarjo as Kaa - a snake who seductively lures and hypnotizes his/her (what does it matter?) prey with his voice and eyes -- I give up.
Asterisk
Asterisk - 4/23/2014, 5:27 PM
It'd pretty much be a mixture of her roles in 'Her' and 'Under the Skin'.
Tdi7457
Tdi7457 - 4/23/2014, 5:31 PM
@RorMachine I can agree Johansson hypnotized alot of people,into believing she was a good actress, but this is just a horrendous casting choice.
Gambit10
Gambit10 - 4/23/2014, 5:41 PM
Lupita Nyong'o should be Storm instead. Or Misty Knight.
NoPhucksGiven
NoPhucksGiven - 4/23/2014, 5:51 PM
scarlett is hot as [frick].
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 4/23/2014, 6:11 PM
@InfiniteMonkey
KINGPEN266FBA
KINGPEN266FBA - 4/23/2014, 6:12 PM
CAN I GET A NUDE PIC OF SCARLETT?!
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 4/23/2014, 6:12 PM
Oh shit, wrong pic! here ya go
kong
kong - 4/23/2014, 6:13 PM
The only disappointment is that they'd only be voicing characters. I wanna see them in loin cloth's. Of course they both are amazing actresses and it's good news anyway. I love the news, but......hmph....hopefully hey look good at the premiere.
SageMode
SageMode - 4/23/2014, 6:38 PM
Lupita Nyong'o for Shuri in a Black Panther movie.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 4/23/2014, 6:59 PM
Should ditch the bad actress and keep Nyong'o.
maninfinesuit
maninfinesuit - 4/23/2014, 7:20 PM


GuardianAngel
GuardianAngel - 4/23/2014, 7:31 PM
Isn't Andy Serkis also doing Jungle Book? Is this gonna another Snow White scenario where one is bad and the other is infamously bad?
FirstAvenger
FirstAvenger - 4/23/2014, 7:50 PM
@Kingpen266 yes.
Tdi7457
Tdi7457 - 4/23/2014, 8:05 PM
I also can't help but feel this is stunt casting on Johansson's part.

"Duh, her voice was good in Her, best milk that!"
UltimateHunt
UltimateHunt - 4/23/2014, 8:06 PM
if it happens, now THATS how you cast
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