Poll: Face-Off: Modern Jungle Book Adaptations
Which of these twin live-action, CGI-heavy, star-packed movie adaptations of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is your preferred modern rendering? Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book (2016) or Andy Serkis's Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) Discuss the topic here.
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
Andy Serkis as Baloo the Bear, Christian Bale as Bagheera the black panther, Cate Blanchett as Kaa the Python, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan the tiger, Naomie Harris as Nisha the female wolf, Peter Mullan as Akela the male wolf, Freida Pinto as Messua, Jack Reynor as brother wolf, Eddie Marsan as Vihaan the wolf, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Hathi the elephant and Tom Hollander as Tabaqui the striped hyena -
The Jungle Book (2016)
Bill Murray as Baloo the sloth bear, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera the black panther, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa the python, Idris Elba as Shere Khan the tiger, Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha the female wolf, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela the male wolf , Christopher Walken as King Louie the giant ape, Garry Shandling as Ikki the porcupine, Sam Raimi as a giant squirrel, Brighton Rose as Grey Brother and Jon Favreau as Fred the pygmy hog