Disney dusts off The Jungle Book on April 15, when it releases a new take on its 1967 animated fable (loosely based on the Rudyard Kipling short stories that gave it its name) about Mowgli, a young ...

Academy Award-winning actor Ben Kingsley has been cast as the voice of Bagheera in Disney’s upcoming THE JUNGLE BOOK. Directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Marks, THE JUNGLE BOOK combines ...

How does director Jon Favreau update Rudyard Kipling’s classic story “The Jungle Book,” already a Disney animated favorite from 1967? He looks to “Planet Earth.” The animals rendered in stunning 3-D ...

Jon Favreau's "Jungle Book" remake melds photo-realistic animals with human expression -- and has just as much heart as the animated original. Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ ...

Walt Disney had an undeniable impact on animation and storytelling. In many ways his productions set the stage for the entire animation industry, with the effects of his work even visible in today’s ...