Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A boy torn between two worlds accepts his destiny and becomes a legend. Mowgli has never truly belonged in either the wilds of the jungle or the civilized world of man. Now he must navigate the inherent dangers of each on a journey to discover where he truly belongs.

Directed by: Andy Serkis
Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Matthew Rhys, Freida Pinto, Rohan Chand
Produced by: Steve Kloves, Jonathan Cavendish, David Barron
Screenplay by: Callie Kloves
Based on: All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Music by: Nitin Sawhney
Cinematography: Michael Seresin
Edited by: Mark Sanger, Alex Marquez, Jeremiah O'Driscoll

Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Imaginarium
Distributed by: Netflix
Release date: 25 November 2018 (Mumbai), 29 November 2018 (United Kingdom and United States)

Running time: 104 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English, Hindi

Cast

Main article: List of The Jungle Book characters
Rohan Chand as Mowgli, a feral boy who is raised by wolves.
Matthew Rhys as John Lockwood, a colonial hunter who hunts for trophies and comes to hunt Shere Khan.
Freida Pinto as Messua, a woman who takes in Mowgli.

Voice and motion-capture

Christian Bale as Bagheera, a black panther who is Mowgli's protector, one of his teachers and was born in human custody.
Andy Serkis as Baloo, an Himalayan brown bear who is one of Mowgli's teachers.
Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, a violent and ruthless Bengal tiger with a crippled front leg who is Mowgli's enemy.
Cate Blanchett as Kaa, a gargantuan female Indian Python who is the jungle's seer, one of Mowgli's mentors, and the narrator of the film.
Tom Hollander as Tabaqui, a deranged striped hyena who is Shere Khan's servant.
Peter Mullan as Akela, an Indian wolf who is the chief and leader of his pack.
Naomie Harris as Nisha, an Indian wolf who is Mowgli's adopted mother.
Eddie Marsan as Vihaan, an Indian wolf who is Mowgli's adopted father.
Jack Reynor as Gray Brother, an Indian wolf who is the oldest and most loyal of Mowgli's adopted brothers.
Louis Ashbourne Serkis as Bhoot, an albino Indian wolf cub in Akela's pack and Mowgli's friend.

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