Jon Favreau In Talks To Direct Disney's New Adaptation Of 'The Jungle Book'
According to Deadline, Disney is in negotiations with Jon Favreau to helm 'The Jungle Book,' a new adaptation of the 1894 Rudyard Kipling novel that is said to be a priority project for the studio. Justin Marks will turn in a draft of the script shortly, and the studio hopes to get into production next year. Favreau - who wrote, directed, produced and stars in the 2014 indie 'Chef' - has a strong history with Disney, and this will put him back into the event film game. He helmed the first two 'Iron Man' films and had been attached to direct 'Magic Kingdom,' the pic where the theme park comes to life. Disney previously turned 'The Jungle Book' into the classic 1967 animated film and a 1994 live-action feature helmed by Stephen Sommers.
'I can't say that much, but there is an interesting take that could be very cool, and the hope is to relaunch a family brand with certain mythic elements,' Jon Favreau told the outlet. 'It is my first real family film since Elf, and there are action elements and visual effects that I feel like my experience on the Iron Man films are going to be useful.'
The short-story collection was published in 1894, and the majority of the tales focus on Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves whose friends include a bear named Baloo and a panther by the name of Bagheera. One of the adversaries that pops up several times is Shere Khan, a mean tiger.
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