Motion-capture master Andy Serkis is tackling a familiar subject with his next project, "Mowgli," an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling novel "The Jungle Book." But as the actor-director explains, his film ...

Like most people that have laid eyes on The Jungle Book, Mowgli director Andy Serkis is a huge fan of Disney’s 1967 take on Rudyard Kilpling’s collection of short stories. Yet, as such an avid fan of ...

Let’s pretend for a moment that Disney didn’t just release a “live-action” remake of its 1967 “The Jungle Book” two years ago (technically, the new version was computer animated, but photoreal enough ...

The road to the release of “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” has been a long and winding one. Although technically it’s the directorial debut of Andy Serkis, the actor known primarily for motion-capture ...

Disney’s animated classic, The Jungle Book, was released in 1967. In it, a little boy named Mowgli gets left behind and brought up in the jungle by a pack of wolves. Ultimately, he ends up in an ...

So it turns out that Mowgli may be a girl. Mowgli is the hero of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling’s story collection about a wild boy raised by wolves in India. Most people are familiar with the story ...

Hollywood’s history of competing projects – from Lambada and The Forbidden Dance to Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down – reaches its peak, or possible nadir, with the release of Mowgli: Legend of ...

Director Andy Serkis (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) has gone down a familiar path with his take on Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” tales with “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.” Numerous productions ...

Full disclosure: When I was growing up, “The Jungle Book” was my jam. And as an adult, “forget about your worries and your strife” — the simplest of the “Bare Necessities” lines — is a guiding mantra.

Warner Bros. needs to convince moviegoers that they prefer their Kipling a bit darker. Director Andy Serkis promised that the film will be a “darker retelling” of the story that is far removed from ...

The child star plays a young Indian boy raised by wolves. — -- Neel Sethi plays a young Indian boy raised by wolves in “The Jungle Book,” but the young actor’s audition for the movie had nothing ...