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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Movie Review: Ambition can’t defeat tiresome tropes and effects
Michael Fairbanks December 8, 2018

One has to wonder if director and motion capture extraordinaire Andy Serkis started screaming into a pillow upon seeing Jon Favreau’s superb re-imaging of The Jungle Book in 2016. Not only did those v…

Michael Fairbanks December 8, 2018
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“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” trailer shows off a darker side of the classic story
Tyler Carlsen November 9, 2018

Andy Serkis returns to the director’s chair with his latest project Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. The film is based on the classic story of The Jungle Book, but with a slightly darker tone this time a…

Tyler Carlsen November 9, 2018
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Movie Review: ‘The Jungle Book’
Yasmin Kleinbart April 17, 2016

In 2014, Jon Favreau stood on stage at D23 ready to present footage of his adaptation of The Jungle Book. Before he queued it, he told us that this was probably the most technologically advanced film …

Yasmin Kleinbart April 17, 2016
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‘The Jungle Book’ Interview with director Jon Favreau
Melissa Berne April 16, 2016

A couple weeks ago, I took part in a roundtable interview, along with other outlets, with the lovely Jon Favreau! The Jungle Book director talks to us about the challenges of bringing a re-imagined be…

Melissa Berne April 16, 2016
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The Jungle Book’s Awesome Portraits
Catherina Gioino April 5, 2016

With just over a week until the film premieres, The Jungle Book is all we can talk about in upcoming movies. They released their trailer Friday and have been showing debuting images and sneak peeks fo…

Catherina Gioino April 5, 2016
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Mowgli meets Kaa in latest The Jungle Book trailer
Cristina Moreano April 3, 2016

Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa, Shere Khan, Akela. Reading these names is all it takes to get us excited for Disney’s upcoming live-action film The Jungle Book. If you’ve been following all …

Cristina Moreano April 3, 2016
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10 Book-to-Movie Adaptions to Look Out For in 2016
Hannah Atkins December 2, 2015

Most die-hard readers will claim that the movie is never better than the book, and while that may be true, movie adaptions can often bring their own magic in transforming your favourite novel into a s…

Hannah Atkins December 2, 2015

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