This sure isn’t The Jungle Book we grew up with as kids cause it didn’t look this FLY! The Jungle Book live-action adaptation’s release is right around the corner so it’s time to get the promotion train rolling.
The Jungle Book directed by Jon Favreau who brought us Iron Man, tells the story of Mowgli (Neel Sethi) a man-cub raised by a pack of wolves since he was an infant. He is no longer welcomed in the jungle when Shere Khan (Idris Elba) declares all man including Mowgli are a threat to the jungle.
Having to abandon his home Mowgli begins on a grand adventure meeting exotic jungle creatures, some who don’t have his best interests at heart.
Today Disney unveiled FLY character photos from the upcoming film pairing each of the actors and actresses next to the characters they voiced. The photos include FLY guys Idris Elba (Shere Khan), Christopher Walken (King Louie), Ben Kingsley (Bagheera), Giancarlo Esposisto (Akela) and FLY gals Lupita Nyong’o (Raksha) and Scarlett Johansson (Kaa).
Pretty damn FLY if you ask us,peep the rest of the cast photos in the gallery below.
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The Jungle Book hits theaters in April 15th, 2016.
Stay Fly!