As the year draws to a close, the march of live-action “re-imaginings” of classic kids’ animated feature films marches on. Well, technically it’s mostly CGI (or motion-capture) mixed with a bit of ...

Another Jungle Book film adaptation is coming out, and this time it shows a part of the story the Disney animated and live action versions didn't. Netflix's Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, shows Mowgli ...

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is a darker reimagination of the Disney classic The Jungle Book, following essentially the same plotline without the charm of the original films. The movie starts with the ...

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 ...

This article originally appeared on Rolling Stone. “The jungle is eternal,” purrs a panther — the second most charismatic black panther to hit screens in 2018, for those of you keeping count — to his ...

This morning sees the Netflix debut of Andy Serkis’ Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Originally intended as a global Warner Bros. release (the film still bears the WB logo at its start), it was sold off ...

In “Mowgli,” Rohan Chand plays the title character, an orphaned Indian boy who is rescued by the panther Bagheera (voice of Christian Bale) after his parents are killed. (Coutesy/ Netflix-Warner Bros.

Look, it’s not like Disney has a leg to stand on when it comes to unnecessary re-imaginings of their animated classics. And the story of man-cub Mowgli and his adventures in the jungle existed in ...

"Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" was a film seven years in the making. The latest adaptation of "The Jungle Book," director Andy Serkis had quite the task in front of him transforming star actors like ...

In an art form that thrives on sequels — and that might as well market its products as “the predictable meets the formulaic” — any film, any actor, any director that still retains the capacity to ...

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Performance capture guru Andy Serkis’ ill-conceived adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' focuses too much on technology, not enough on character. Let’s pretend for a moment that Disney didn’t just release ...