Andy Serkis 'Jungle Book: Origins' pushed back to 2017 by Warner Bros.
Andy Serkis' directorial debut, The Jungle Book: Origins, has had a slight delay and will now be released in 2017 by Warner Bros.
We suspect the reason behind this postponement may have something to do with Disney and director Jon Favreau's Jungle Book movie, too. That's the problem you have when you make two separate movies about the same story and characters.
Originally, Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu and Ron Howard where both earmarked to direct this origins movie before Serkis came on board to make his first movie.
Unlike Favreau's Jungle Book— which will be live-action— Serkis' Jungle Book: Origins will be entirely motion-capture, and will feature an A list cast that includes Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett.
Serkis has been at the forefront of motion-capture technology since his work as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and more recently, playing Caesar in the two Planet of the Apes movies. Serkis has also gone on record as saying the motion-capture that'll be used in this Jungle Book movie is more innovative than any movie before it.
Warner Bros. has opted to move the Jungle Book: Origins release date from the 21st October 21 2016 to the 6th October 2017. That's a full two years after Disney release their live-action adaptation of the Jungle Book, which is set for release next year.
Production for Serkis' movie has already began. Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Shere Khan, in addition to Bale and Blanchett being involved. Naomie Harris and Tom Hollander are also on board, with Bad Words star Rohan Chand playing the role of Mowgli.
