New The Jungle Book images give us our first look at the actors standing alongside the animals they voice in Disney’s upcoming adaptation, and they’re some of the most beautiful shots of the cast.
The Jungle Book has one of the most star-studded casts in years, and while their recognizable faces won’t ever be seen on the big screen, they’ll be voicing these beautiful animals featured in these new images. Check out each actor and the animal they’ll voice below:
Scarlett Johansson: Kaa
Christopher Walken: King Louie
Sir Ben Kingsley: Bagheera
Giancarlo Esposito: Akela
Lupita Nyong’o: Raksha
Idris Elba: Shere Khan
One animal character missing is Baloo (played by Bill Murray), who we’ve seen in the previous trailers, and has looked insanely realistic as the giant bear saunters up with Mowgli on his back. We’ve heard Murray voicing Baloo a few times as he whistles “The Bare Necessities” near the end of the trailers.
The Jungle Book’s release date is set for April 15, 2016. The film introduces actor Neel Sethi as the main character, Mowgli, and includes an astonishing group of actors voicing the roles of the animals.
The Jungle Book’s official synopsis reads, “Directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, The Jungle Book is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba), who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat.”
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