The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book was the link movie connecting Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Linked through Ben Kingsley and Bill Murray.
Both Ben Kingsley and Bill Murray appeared in The Jungle Book.
About The Jungle Book
"The legend comes to life."
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Justin Marks
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The film won accolades for achievements in visual effects at the 89th Academy Awards, the 22nd Critics' Choice Awards, and the 70th British Academy Film Awards.
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Score by John Debney
Movie trivia
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The film is a live-action/photorealistically animated remake of Disney's 1967 animated film and is the studio's fourth adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book; it was directed by Jon Favreau and written by Justin Marks.
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The search for Mowgli was extensive—thousands of children auditioned from the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada—before newcomer Neel Sethi was cast; Sethi underwent parkour training for the role.
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Principal photography began in 2014 and was shot entirely in Los Angeles, with the production relying heavily on computer-generated imagery to portray the animals and jungle environments.
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Jon Favreau had Bill Murray in mind to voice Baloo from the beginning; though Murray was hard to contact, he agreed to join and Favreau said Murray was passionately committed and held a very high standard.
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Favreau changed King Louie from an orangutan to an Indian Gigantopithecus (later reclassified as an Indopithecus) because orangutans are not native to India; the character was partly inspired by Marlon Brando's Colonel Kurtz and Christopher Walken's own mannerisms.
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The Jungle Book premiered at El Capitan Theatre on April 4, 2016 and opened theatrically in the U.S. on April 15; critics lauded its visuals and engrossing nature, and it ranked as the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2016 while being among Disney's most expensive and highest-grossing live-action remakes.
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