Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Nov 29 2018 (LA, NY), Dec 7 (Netflix) | Bale, Blanchett, Cumberbatch & Naomie Harris confirmed

[That One Girl]

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence including bloody images, and some thematic elements

[YM!]

Interesting rating.

[Jonwo]

22 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

Interesting rating.

Serkis mentioned the film is going to a lot closer to the book compared to other versions.

[Arlborn]

Oh right, this is coming this year. Hmmmmmmmmm... No idea what to think, I'm curious.

[TalismanRing]

19 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Serkis mentioned the film is going to a lot closer to the book compared to other versions.

He said that before Disney's Jungle Book came out - which turned out to be a lot closer to the book than people thought it would be which put this film in a more difficult position in trying to stand apart.  Hence the delays.

[Jonwo]

5 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

He said that before Disney's Jungle Book came out - which turned out to be a lot closer to the book than people thought it would be which put this film in a more difficult position in trying to stand apart.  Hence the delays.

It's unfortunate for Serkis because this was meant to be his directorial debut and his company's first major project.

[MovieMan89]

They'd be smart to get the jump on marketing this asap. Gonna need all the time it can get to build awareness/interest and distinguish itself. 

 

Also, how the heck is the 2016 Disney film "a lot closer to the book?" It's practically the exact same movie as the animated one, which certainly isn't super faithful to the book. 

[stephanos13]

I think the movie is going to be great. I trust Andy Serkis.

[Jonwo]

19 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

They'd be smart to get the jump on marketing this asap. Gonna need all the time it can get to build awareness/interest and distinguish itself. 

I'll be curious to see when the first trailer drops, my guess is with RPO or Rampage. 

[commendable]

They just need to delay this so they can keep favreau on all theyr live action remakes. Beauty and the beast would have made 2 billion if it wasn't mediocre

[marveldcfox]

6 hours ago, stephanos13 said:

I think the movie is going to be great. I trust Alfonso curon.

Fixed.

[stephanos13]

3 hours ago, marveldcfox said:

Fixed.

[marveldcfox]

2 hours ago, stephanos13 said:

movie was in trouble. Alfonso was brought in post.

[stephanos13]

1 hour ago, marveldcfox said:

movie was in trouble. Alfonso was brought in post.

Because they brought Alfonso Cuaron to help doesn't make it like Rogue One for example.

[dudalb]

On ‎2‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 4:50 PM, YourMother the Edgelord said:

Interesting rating.

Not really, if you have read the original Kipling stories.......

Much darker and more violent then the Disney version.

Edited February 23, 2018 by dudalb

[dudalb]

On ‎2‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 4:25 PM, stephanos13 said:

I think the movie is going to be great. I trust Andy Serkis.

As an actor, yes.

As a director, he is pretty much a unknown quantity. Yes, I know he did some second unit work on the Hobbit movies, but moving from Second Unit to main director is a huge leap that many fail at.

 

I admit I did not know that Cuaron was brought in,which leads one to suspect that Serkis was not quite up to the task as a director.

Edited February 23, 2018 by dudalb

[Jonwo]

18 minutes ago, dudalb said:

As an actor, yes.

As a director, he is pretty much a unknown quantity. Yes, I know he did some second unit work on the Hobbit movies, but moving from Second Unit to main director is a huge leap that many fail at.

 

I admit I did not know that Cuaron was brought in,which leads one to suspect that Serkis was not quite up to the task as a director.

Breathe was decent so he does have directing chops but a big multimillion dollar film is a different kettle of fish, 

[KeepItU25071906]

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— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 2, 2018

 

 

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What did you learn by juggling so many movies this year?

Also among those is the new [Jungle Book] movie Mowgli, which we’re finishing off. Last year, I was still editing [Mowgli] while finishing Breathe while shooting Black Panther. It was a crazy, crazy year, but I realize that I thrive best when I’m under pressure. The only downside is separation from my beloved family. 

 

When can people expect to see a trailer for Warner Bros.’ Mowgli?

We’re literally a couple of months from completion now, and the film’s coming out in October, so very soon you’re going to start seeing trailers and promos with all the normal events coming up this year. 

 

How are you differentiating it from Disney and Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book?

Back in the day when I came on board, there was no Jon Favreau project. So that’s just timing really. And when the film was commissioned, it was always a much darker movie, and it’s a PG-13 movie. So it was looking at the tone of Rudyard Kipling’s book. This story is about identity. It’s about being other: Mowgli growing up as an other in the world of animals and trying to fit in and then in the world of man, and it takes place in both realms. And then the approach was rather than looking at it as a piece of spectacle, it’s a very emotional and dramatic piece about the connection between the animals and Mowgli, and humans and Mowgli.

 

[WrathOfHan]

I guess the trailer will be with Rampage.

[filmlover]

I can't believe this began shooting three years ago. Geez.