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[Grizzlyjin]

I literally forgot this movie existed. Feel kinda bad for Serkis

Andy Serkis’ ‘Jungle Book: Origins’ Changes Title To ‘Mowgli’

There has been a slight change to Andy Serkis’ forthcoming Jungle Book: Origins. The title of the Warner Bros. project based on Rudyard Kipling’s collection of stories has officially changed to Mowgli, Deadline has confirmed.

Slated to open on Oct. 19, 2018, the film follows the titular character who is raised by wolves as he follows the rules of the jungle and keeps company with a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera. The film will have a different, darker tone than Jon Favreau’s 2016 adaptation...

The title is change is eh. Origins kinda sucks because that almost implies it would be the story before The Jungle Book we know. But I'm not over the moon about it just being Mowgli.

 

[Social]

I had no idea this existed. What an odd thing to exist after the 2016 live action movie

 

[tkscz]

I had no idea this existed. What an odd thing to exist after the 2016 live action movie

They were in production around the same time. Disney just happened to get their movie out first. I actually think this one was in production longer, just going through a lot of production hell.

 

[Mark Andrew]

Expecting this to do about as well as The Legend of Tarzan. Hope to be proven wrong.

 

[Nester99]

Who wants this?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Expecting this to do about as well as The Legend of Tarzan. Hope to be proven wrong.

That's exactly the movie I was thinking of when I read this article. It's an uphill battle because there will never be a good time to release this. Disney got their movie out first, then they'll have Lion King, and a Jungle Book sequel, or one of the live action princess movies. Plus this has been in production forever, is probably CGI heavy, and won't have any of the songs (or family appeal going off their mention of "darker") that the Disney version had.

 

[LeFlamaBlanca]

They were in production around the same time. Disney just happened to get their movie out first. I actually think this one was in production longer, just going through a lot of production hell.

It’s because he’s pushing the VFX limits way past Disney’s. They’ve been doing a shit ton of work on it.

 

[freoleo29]

I remember hearing that the 2 were meant to come out the same time and going WTF?

When one got released and the other didn't come I assumed it was cancelled as who the hell needs two Jungle Book movies... I guess not though.

Will watch it when it hits netflix like the other one I guess

 

[BadHand]

Who wants this?

I do, and I quite like the name change too.

I remember reading years ago he was supposed to be doing an animal farm movie. Haven’t heard anything else about it unfortunately.