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The live-action sequel to The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book 2, was hinted at in 2016 but hasn't received updates since 2018. Unlike the animated movie, the live-action version has a different ending, leaving room for more adventures in a sequel. The original cast such as Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, and Scarlett Johansson could potentially return for The Jungle Book 2.

The live-action sequel to The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book 2, was first hinted at back in 2016. Jon Favreau directed the live-action adaptation of Disney's The Jungle Book which was also released in 2016. Widely considered one of the best Disney live-action remakes, The Jungle Book balances both the original 1967 animated feature and Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book. This makes The Jungle Book unusual in that it is one of the few Disney live-action adaptations to have many significant differences between the remake and its animated parent – and The Jungle Book already has differences from the book.

Disney's Maleficent 2 is finally moving forward after several years in development, with Angelina Jolie returning as the main character, and now we know when production will begin. While this has yet to be confirmed by the studios, a new report reveals that director Joachim Ronning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) has started the pre-production process, with principal photography slated to begin April 16 in London, which will run until August. Angelina Jolie was said to be deciding between this project and the Universal monster movie Bride of Frankenstein as her next movie, and it seems that Maleficent 2 has come out on top.

This new report also claims that Patrick Tatopoulous has been enlisted as the film's production designer, following his most recent work on Justice League, Batman v Superman and 300: Rise of an Empire. The sequel finally started moving forward in August, when...

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Agent Peggy Carter actress, Hayley Atwell, is reported to be joining Ewan McGregor in the cast for Disney’s upcoming live action Winnie The Pooh inspired film, Christopher Robin.

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Atwell, who has a long standing relationship with Disney after her first appearance as Agent Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, is said to be cast as Christopher Robin’s wife in a story which will focus on Robin as an adult, a businessman focused on his work and success and who has lost his childlike sense of imagination.

World War Z and Quantum of Solace helmer, Marc Forster is all set to direct from a script penned by Hidden Figures scribe Allison Schroeder with The Jungle Book and upcoming Jungle Book 2 producer, Brigham Taylor in the producer’s chair.

The story takes an interesting turn when characters such as Tigger,...

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Jon Favreau seems to be one of the big golden geese in Hollywood. Despite the small hiccup he had following the success of Iron Man (which kicked off the highly successful Marvel Cinematic Universe), Favreau managed to stay in the good graces of Disney and go on to direct the amazing Jungle Book — a film that was for all intents and purposes a live-action production…but one that only had one live-action element: the little boy.

It’s with this same approach that Favreau is involved in not only The Jungle Book 2 but The Lion King. This does, however, bring forth the obvious question of which film he’ll be going to next, and if it is The Lion King, does that mean The Jungle Book 2 will be directed by someone else? Even more intriguing, if he is directing both, does that mean we’ll have to...

Throughout the years, it’s been fascinating to watch Jon Favreau’s filmmaking career unfold. After a parade of indie hits and an enduring, modern-day Christmas classic in the form of Elf, Favreau got in on the ground floor of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Iron Man. That was in 2008, before the director returned two years later for the inevitable sequel. A quick turnaround by any stretch, Iron Man 2 was so concerned with acting as a primer for the Avengers that it struggled to reach the scaly heights of its predecessor.

Couple this with the wholly forgettable Cowboys & Aliens and it’s hardly surprising that Jon Favreau grew restless of studio filmmaking by 2012. In many ways, the director took that experience and wrapped it up in a delicious, cinematic metaphor called Chef – head cook leaves top restaurant, carves out success on his own, cue the credits. But that passion...

Back in September, we reported that director Jon Favreau, fresh off his box office blockbuster The Jungle Book, will return to Disney to direct their live-action adaptation of The Lion King. Jeff Nathanson came aboard last month to write the screenplay, and while no plot details have surfaced yet, Jon Favreau did recently reveal that he plans on using virtual reality technology while filming The Lion King. In another interview, the filmmaker also teased that he plans on shooting both The Lion King and The Jungle Book 2 back-to-back. Here's what he had to say about how the Vr technology has changed over the years, and how he used some Vr tech on Jungle Book, but plans to use a lot more in Lion King.

"A lot of the simulcam and motion capture technology that we use here, a lot of it was innovated around the making of Avatar, and hasn't really changed much,...

The Disney live-action remake train isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Now the House of Mouse is producing a reimagining of the crown jewel of the Disney Renaissance, The Lion King, to be directed by Jon Favreau. This new comes after the technical achievements and massive box office haul of Favreau’s take on The Jungle Book. The live-action interpretation of the tale of Mowgli the man cub has made $364 million domestically and $966 million worldwide, helping put Disney (currently) in the top four spots of the highest grossing 2016 films across the world. Of course, this Lion King will likely be as “live-action” as The Jungle Book, which had a jungle landscape and animals largely created with CGI. Disney has figured out how to strike box office gold by devoting a chunk of its budget, not to original films (as if!), but to reimaginings of their animated classics. A Jungle Book 2...

Disney has seen a lot of success with its live-action fairy tale film projects over the years. The Jungle Book is continuing to blow up at the box office, and the studio obviously wants to see that trend continue with more movies. They’ve recently announced release dates for eight untitled live-action fairy tale films that they are developing. Those dates are:

July 28, 2017: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)April 4, 2018: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)August 3, 2018: Untitled Disney (Live Action)November 2, 2018: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)December 25, 2018: Untitled Disney (Live Action)March 29, 2019: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)November 8, 2019: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)December 20, 2019: Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)

So if you’ve ben enjoying the live-action adaptations of these Disney animated classics, then there are lots more to come. We don’t know exactly which films will fill these slots,...

Disney just announced a bunch of updates to its movie release calendar, but they’re all untitled movies, so that leaves us to play the guessing game of which movies have been moved to which dates. Here are the changes to the studio’s release calendar, all for live action projects: Untitled Disney fairy tale (live action) previously dated on December 22, 2017 moves to July 28, 2017 Untitled Disney fairy tale (live action) now dated April 6, 2018 Untitled Disney live action now dated on August 3, 2018 Untitled Disney live action now dated on December 25, 2018 Untitled Disney fairy tale (live action) now dated on December 20, 2019 First things first: What does this mean for Star Wars? Star Wars Episode IX was at one point scheduled for May 24, 2019. Then Episode VIII got moved from May 2017 to December 2017, after the massive box office success of a Christmastime release for Force Awakens. After that release date change, Disney CEO...

Disney and Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book continues to do big business at the international box office, having recently sailed past $500 million worldwide. That’s something that hasn’t gone unnoticed at the House of Mouse, and we learned only a fortnight ago that Disney had laid the groundwork for a direct sequel.

Yes, Favreau himself may have cooled talks that a follow-up was in the works, but today brings word that the studio has already nailed down release dates for Jungle Book 2 and a handful of other in-development fairytale movies. First reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the likes of July 28, 2017, April 6, 2018, Aug. 3, 2018, Dec. 25, 2018 and Dec. 20, 2019 have all been claimed by Disney, though there’s no word yet on what specific film will tumble in to each vacant slot.

Sources close to the House of Mouse hint that The Jungle Book 2 will take priority on the live-action slate,...

Jon Favreau brings lush CGI, dark shadows and big-beast stars to a rebooted classic

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Like Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, Jon Favreau’s “live action” Jungle Book reboot owes as much (if not more) to Disney’s classic cartoon as it does to the tale’s literary source. Using state of the art CGI environments (very little of what you see is actually “live”) and Life of Pi-style animal animations, this breathes delightful new life into a longstanding family favourite, lending digital depth and a hint of darkness to the familiar anthropomorphic encounters, in the process dispelling all memories of 2003’s ill-conceived Jungle Book 2. Neel Sethi is terrific as Mowgli, whose frame and stance eerily echo those of his animated predecessor, while Bill Murray and Christopher Walken lend baggy appeal and mobster menace respectively to the vocal roles of Baloo and King Louie.