Netflix's Mowgli: In performance-capture maestro Andy Serkis' hands, Legends of the Jungle is a darker, more surprising version of The Jungle Book. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features ...

The first trailer for the long-gestating Andy Serkis-directed version of The Jungle Book was released today. Mowgli, a dark take on Rudyard Kipling’s stories, was written by Callie Kloves. It’ll be ...

“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” is a bloody good version of “The Jungle Book.” And I do mean bloody. Mowgli the man-cub is introduced as an infant, covered in blood. It’s the blood of his mother, slain ...

Remember when there were competing versions of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, before Disney’s version landed first, grossed $966M worldwide and spawned a sequel? Warner Bros screened a 2 ...

This part-animated take on The Jungle Book was due to come out in 2016 until Disney released its own live-action/CGI remake and forced a rethink. Andy Serkis’s version of the Rudyard Kipling story ...

Andy Serkis’ Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle will release on Netflix and select theatres on December 7. The film features voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and more.

There are only three significant human characters in the entirety of Mowgli, yet aside from the titular protagonist himself, the others are given only the most cursory, surface-level of development.