It’s a very rare occasion to have two film studios announce similar projects very close to each other. In late 2013, Disney announced that Jon Favreau was attached to Disney’s latest, live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book. A few months later, Warner Bros. announced that Andy Serkis would be attached to their version of the Rudyard Kipling novel. It was at that moment that the films almost started an unofficial race between each other, making it impossible to hear updates about one version without hearing about the other. Whether it was about the cast, the tone, or the changes in the source material’s narrative, there was a point in time where anyone paying attention had a question in the back of their head: with all this accidental competition, which one would come out first?
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
It’s a very rare occasion to have two film studios announce similar projects very close to each other. In late 2013, Disney announced that Jon Favreau was attached to Disney’s latest, live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book. A few months later, Warner Bros. announced that Andy Serkis would be attached to their version of the Rudyard Kipling novel. It was at that moment that the films almost started an unofficial race between each other, making it impossible to hear updates about one version without hearing about the other. Whether it was about the cast, the tone, or the changes in the source material’s narrative, there was a point in time where anyone paying attention had a question in the back of their head: with all this accidental competition, which one would come out first?