“Jungle Book: Origins” Loads Its Cast with Huge Names

Warner Bros. is loading its "Jungle Book: Origins" cast with huge names as they compete against a competing Disney reboot.

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The Warner Bros. vs. Disney Jungle Book battle will have no shortage of star power, as the Warner production of Jungle Book: Origins has rounded out its cast with several huge names.

Benedict Cumberbatch (Shere Khan), Cate Blanchett (Kaa), and Christian Bale (Begheera) will all be voicing important characters, with motion capture guru Andy Serkis voicing Baloo the bear and directing as well. For those who didn’t have a childhood and somehow don’t know what The Jungle Book is all about, it tells the story of an orphaned boy named Mowgli (being played by Bad Words’ Rohan Chand) who is raised by wolves and is friends with various talking animals.

The movie will shoot using a combination of motion capture, CG animation, and live-action, and will go head-to-head with Disney’s Jon Favreu-led reboot. The real question is: which one will be the Kellen Lutz version of Hercules, and which will be The Rock?

[via THR]

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