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With Jon Favreau’s “The Jungle Book” now released – and very successfully too – Andy Serkis has explained how his version of the classic tale will differ from Favreau’s version.
“Ours is for a slightly older audience,” Serkis told Vulture. “It’s a PG-13, more a kind of Apes movie, a slightly darker take, closer to Rudyard Kipling’s… It’s great to scare kids in a safe environment because it’s an important part of development, and we all loved to be scared as kids, so we shouldn’t overly protect them… Kids are so sophisticated and that is why our Jungle Book is quite dark. … It’s a story of an outsider, someone who is trying to accept the laws and customs of a particular way of living and then has to adapt to another culture, a human culture, which of course he should be able to adapt to, because this is what he is. So it’s about two different species and their laws and customs, and neither are entirely right.”
Serkis’ version of the jungle story is titled “Jungle Book: Origins” and isn’t due out until October 19, 2018.
Serkis is making his directorial debut on the film, and will also star as Baloo. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jack Reynor, Tom Hollander, Freida Pinto, Matthew Rhys, Rohan Chand are also in the cast.
