Disney’s The Jungle Book cast so far: Neel Sethi as Mowgli, Ben Kingsley as the voice of Bagheera, Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of Rakcha, Scarlett Johansson as the voice of Kaa, and Idris Elba as the voice of Shere Khan (x x x x)
YO, THIS IS A REAL THING THAT IS HAPPENING
And not only is the cast amazing, but the film is going to be a mixture of live-action and animation (a-la Mary Poppins). Neel Seth (Mowgli), is going to be the only live-action actor and everyone else’s characters will be animated AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED.
Directed by Jon Favreau. This whole thing feels like a dream.
YESSSS.
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#The Jungle Book #Disney movies that I somehow managed to never see despite being raised in a time period where they were available #of which there are many #I don’t think we ever deliberately *avoided* Disney movies or anything like that #we just…never got around to a lot of them for some reason #which means I was seventeen by the time I first encountered Kaa #old enough to grasp the full horror that is Kaa being played by Winnie the Pooh #(like it’s recognisably the same voice) #(not just the same actor) #there is *nothing okay* about Kaa sharing a voice with Winnie the Pooh #*nothing* #I will *never feel clean again* #so I’m glad they’re making a version of the Jungle Book that will not scar the next generation of kinky young Winnie the Pooh fans #sexuality and lack thereof #Brin talks about herself for no particular reason #tag rambles
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