Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Benedict Cumberbatch Joins 'Jungle Book' for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
8:00 AM PDT 8/19/2014 by Borys Kit

Benedict Cumberbatch Comic Con - H 2014

Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book has landed its first voice lead, and it’s elementary.

Benedict Cumberbatch will voice Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger who is the villain of the classic tale of a boy named Mowgli who is raised by jungle animals.



Andy Serkis, the motion capture king after pioneering motion capture with such roles as Gollum and Caesar, is making his directorial debut with the movie,
Jungle Book is based on the more-dark-than-you-think short stories written by Kipling and centers on Mowgli, an orphaned boy raised by wolves who befriends Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther. The tiger Shere Khan is a lifelong enemy of Mowgli’s, with each vowing to slay the other.

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1 comment:

Lady M said...

I can see Benedict as the voice for Shere Khan.