The Jungle Book 2016
The Jungle Book - 2016
1. Although the story is set primarily in India, the film’s locations were entirely shot at the LA Center Studio in Los Angeles, California using computer-generated VFX.
2. Neel Sethi, who had never acted before, won the part of Mowgli in his first ever audition among 2,000 children who were vying for the same role.
3. Over 1,000 remote jungle locations in India were photographed to be used as references for rendering the CGI locations.
4. In this film, King Louie is a gigantopithecus whereas in the original movie he is portrayed as an orangutan. The gigantopithecus is an ancestor of the orangutan and this change in species was made to make the film more accurate since orangutans are not native to India.
Fun Facts
1. Although the story is set primarily in India, the film’s locations were entirely shot at the LA Center Studio in Los Angeles, California using computer-generated VFX.
2. Neel Sethi, who had never acted before, won the part of Mowgli in his first ever audition among 2,000 children who were vying for the same role.
3. Over 1,000 remote jungle locations in India were photographed to be used as references for rendering the CGI locations.
4. In this film, King Louie is a gigantopithecus whereas in the original movie he is portrayed as an orangutan. The gigantopithecus is an ancestor of the orangutan and this change in species was made to make the film more accurate since orangutans are not native to India.
5. A combination of live action and motion capture was used, meaning that they had to shoot two films separately. Two separate stages were used to the actors could be wheeled in and out on short notice.
6. The filmmakers used the mouth movements of actual animals instead of humans for the characters of Baloo, Kaa and Shere Khan.
Director: Jon Favreau
Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, filmmaker, producer, director and executive producer.
Jon portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and he will reprise his role for Avengers: Infinity War and The Avengers 4. He also served as a director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2. He served as an executive producer for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War and The Avengers 4.
As the director of the Live Action Jungle Book, Jon Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of Disney Animation's Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's original tale. Jon Favreau used his rendition of The Jungle Book as an opportunity to kick-start Neel Sethi's career into stardom.
Favreau voiced Pre Vizula in Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Favreau
The Numbers
The producers had a budget of $175,000,000 (estimated) to create the film.
box office sales : $963,901,123
DVD sales : $18,705,084
Blue Ray DVD's: $26,075,182
Total Video Sales: $44,780,266
6. The filmmakers used the mouth movements of actual animals instead of humans for the characters of Baloo, Kaa and Shere Khan.
Director: Jon Favreau
Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, filmmaker, producer, director and executive producer.
Jon portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and he will reprise his role for Avengers: Infinity War and The Avengers 4. He also served as a director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2. He served as an executive producer for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War and The Avengers 4.
As the director of the Live Action Jungle Book, Jon Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of Disney Animation's Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's original tale. Jon Favreau used his rendition of The Jungle Book as an opportunity to kick-start Neel Sethi's career into stardom.
Favreau voiced Pre Vizula in Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Favreau
The Numbers
The producers had a budget of $175,000,000 (estimated) to create the film.
box office sales : $963,901,123
DVD sales : $18,705,084
Blue Ray DVD's: $26,075,182
Total Video Sales: $44,780,266
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