| Disney'sThe Jungle Book | |
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| Created by | Walt Disney Animation Studios Rudyard Kipling (original stories and characters) |
| Original work | The Jungle Book (1967) |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Years | 1967–present |
| Based on | The Jungle Book byRudyard Kipling |
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| Direct-to-video | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) |
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| Theme park attraction(s) | The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic (2016) |
| * Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of acrossover. | |
The Jungle Book is aDisneymedia franchise that commenced with the theatrical release of the1967 feature film. It is based onRudyard Kipling'sworks of the same name. The franchise includes a2003 sequel to the animated film and three live-action films produced byWalt Disney Pictures.
The Jungle Book is a 1967 animatedmusicalcomedy film produced byWalt Disney Productions. Inspired byRudyard Kipling's classic 1894The Jungle Book, it was directed byWolfgang Reitherman. It was the last film to be produced byWalt Disney, who died during its production.
In this animated musical film adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's stories,Mowgli, an abandoned child raised bywolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tigerShere Khan. Facing certain death, Mowgli must overcome his reluctance to leave his wolf family and return to the "man village", but he is not alone on his quest: aided byBagheera the wise panther, and later by the carefree bearBaloo, he braves the jungle's many perils.
The Jungle Book 2 is a 2003animatedadventuremusicalcomedy film produced byDisneyToon Studios. The theatrical version of the film was released in France on February 5, 2003, and released in the United States on February 14. Also inspired byRudyard Kipling's classic children's books, the film is a sequel to the 1967 animated musical filmThe Jungle Book, and starsHaley Joel Osment as the voice of Mowgli andJohn Goodman as the voice of Baloo.
Wild childMowgli has grown fidgety with his life in the "man village", so he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like the beloved bearBaloo. Mowgli's disappearance, however, worries the villagers who raise him, so his friends, Shanti and Ranjan, journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan, is out to get revenge on him, being more determined to kill him than ever.
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action film co-written and directed byStephen Sommers, based on the Mowgli stories inThe Jungle Book andThe Second Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling. The film starsJason Scott Lee as Mowgli,Cary Elwes as his adversary Captain Boone, andLena Headey as Mowgli's eventual love interest Kitty. Also appearing in the film wereSam Neill,John Cleese,Jason Flemyng andRon Donachie.
When his father is killed by a jungle tiger, Mowgli is orphaned and grows up in the wild, raised by beloved animals. Years later, the bracelet given to him by his childhood friend, Kitty, is stolen. In pursuing it, he discovers Monkey City with all its treasures. He is reunited with Kitty, but struggles to adapt to civilization. When Kitty's unscrupulous suitor, Capt. Boone, attempts to raid the jungle of its treasures, Mowgli's life is imperiled.
The film differed from the animated adaption, functioning more as an action-adventure film with somewhat-more adult themes and not having the animal characters speak. The film was fundedindependently byMDP Worldwide with Disney handling half of the film's budget and funding in exchange for distribution rights in some territories.[2] While MDP produced a prequel entitledThe Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo in 1997, Disney was not involved in its production.[3]
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story is a 1998 live-actiondirect-to-video film based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name. The film chronicles the life of the boy named Mowgli (portrayed by Brandon Baker) from the time he lived with humans as an infant to the time when he rediscovered humans again as a teenager. Animal companions, including Baloo (Brian Doyle-Murray), Bagheera (Eartha Kitt), Hathi (Marty Ingels), and many more, guide Mowgli in the wilds of India and protect him against Shere Khan (Sherman Howard).
The Jungle Book is 2016fantasyadventure film directed byJon Favreau, written by Justin Marks, and produced byWalt Disney Pictures. The film stars Neel Sethi as Mowgli and features the voices ofBill Murray as Baloo,Ben Kingsley as Bagheera,Idris Elba as Shere Khan,Scarlett Johansson as Kaa,Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha,Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, andChristopher Walken as King Louie. The film was released on April 15, 2016 to critical acclaim.
After a fierce tiger threatens his life,Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by a stern panther and a free-spirited bear, sets out on a journey of self-discovery.
Following the film's early financial and critical successes, the studio has begun work on a sequel film. Favreau is reported to return as director, while screenwriter Justin Marks is also in negotiations to return and planned to shoot it back to back withThe Lion King remake, but as of 2023 there hasn't been any news on the sequel since then.[4][5][6][7]
TaleSpin is a half-hour animated adventure series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as a preview on TheDisney Channel and later that year as part ofThe Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from the 1967 animated filmThe Jungle Book.
Baloo,King Louie and Shere Khan operate businesses in Cape Suzette.
Jungle Cubs is an whimsical animated series produced by Disney forABC in 1996. It was based on their 1967 animated filmThe Jungle Book, but set in the youth of the animal characters. The show was a hit, running for two seasons in syndication before moving its re-runs to the Disney Channel. The show was broadcast onToon Disney, but was taken off the schedule in 2001. The show did air in the United Kingdom on Disney Cinemagic and in Latin America until it was removed. The show's theme song is a hip-hop version of "The Bare Necessities" performed by Lou Rawls.
Animal children cope with life on their own in the wild.
TaleSpin is a 1991 video game published by Capcom for theNintendo Entertainment System. It is based onthe children's animated series with the same name.TaleSpin was also released by Capcom on the Game Boy. Sega released its own versions of TaleSpin on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Game Gear. NEC also made one for their TurboGrafx-16 system. This game involves the adventures of Baloo and Kit Cloudkicker, two bears delivering cargo for Rebecca Cunningham, another bear. However, Shere Khan, the evil tiger tycoon, wants to put Rebecca out of business, so he hires air pirates, led by Don Karnage, to do his dirty work.
The Jungle Book is a series of video games based on the 1967 film, primarily released in 1994. It was first released by Virgin Interactive in 1993 for theMaster System. Conversions for the Game Boy, NES (for which it was one of the last titles released by a third-party developer), Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC followed in 1994, and a remake for the Game Boy Advance was released in 2003. While gameplay is the same on all versions, technological differences between the systems forced changes – in some case drastic – in level design, resulting in six fairly different versions of the 'same' game.
The Jungle Book Groove Party is a music rhythm video game developed byUbisoft and published byDisney Interactive forPlayStation andPlayStation 2. Featuring similar gameplay to theDance Dance Revolution series, the game features characters and songs from the 1967 animated filmThe Jungle Book. The game was packaged with a dance pad.
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures is a 2011 motion-controlledopen world video game forKinect forXbox 360 developed byFrontier Developments and published byMicrosoft Studios. The game takes place inDisneyland Park. Baloo and Mowgli from the 1967 animated filmThe Jungle Book appear as meet-and-greet characters inAdventureland within the game.
Disney Infinity was anaction-adventuretoys-to-life video game series that ran from 2013 to 2016 developed byAvalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios. The 1967 animated filmThe Jungle Book was referenced throughout the series starting from the second game,Disney Infinity 2.0 (2014), with in-game toys and power discs based on the film's characters and settings. In 2016, a Baloo figure was released for the console and later on mobile versions ofDisney Infinity 3.0 (2015), which required a downloadable content update to use. Although the figure was released to promote the 2016 live-action film, it is based on the 1967 version of the character.
Theworld builder gameDisney Magic Kingdoms includes Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo, Shere Khan and King Louie as playable characters, along with some attractions based on the film, including Baloo's Oasis, Jungle River Drift, and Kaa's Jungle Gym (featuring Kaa as a non-player character). In the game the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation ofThe Jungle Book (ignoring other material from the franchise).[8][9]
An alternate version of Baloo, based on hisTaleSpin persona, appears as a playable character in the video gameDisney Mirrorverse.[10]
The Jungle Book soundtrack has been released in three different versions since the film's release in 1967. The film score was composed byGeorge Bruns, with songs written byTerry Gilkyson and theSherman Brothers.
In 1968, Disneyland Records released the albumMore Jungle Book (given the subtitle...Further Adventures of Baloo and Mowgli), an unofficial sequel also written by screenwriter Larry Simmons, which continued the story of the film, and included Phil Harris and Louis Prima voicing their film roles. In the record, Baloo (Harris) is missing Mowgli (Ginny Tyler), so he teams up with King Louie (Prima) and Bagheera (Dal McKennon) to take him from the man village. Four new songs were composed for the record, two of which ("Baloo's Blues" and "It's a Kick") made appearances as bonus tracks on CD versions of the soundtrack to the originalThe Jungle Book.
A nighttime show based on the2016 live-action film, The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic, taking place atDisney's Animal Kingdom,[11] opened on May 28, 2016, with soft opening date one night earlier. It filled the space of the delayedRivers of Light night-time show.[12] The attraction was closed months later on September 5.
Baloo and King Louie appear at all theDisney Parks for meet and greets. They are located inAdventureland andDisney's Animal Kingdom. Mowgli has also appeared in parades and occasional meet and greets, but has become less common in recent years.
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- A dark gray cell indicates the character was not featured in the film.
- AV indicates a voice-only role.
- AY indicates an actor or actress portrayed a younger version of their character.
