Jungle Book: Origins Pushed Back, Andy Serkis Gives His Thoughts
The Jungle Book hits theaters in a couple of weeks, but another live action take of the same tale has been given more time by Warner Bros., who have shifted their release schedule around to allow for two more untitled DC films.
The studio has pushed Jungle Book: Origins back a year, to arrive in 2018, and Andy Serkis believes that time will do nothing but good for the upcoming film.
Disney have been working on their own adaptation of their classic animated film, directed by Jon Favreau, while simultaneously Warner Bros. has Andy Serkis directing and starring in their version. There's now a two and a half year gap between the two films (that still might not be enough to create some strange questions from filmgoers).
"I've got to say that personally I'm thrilled that Warner Brothers have changed the delivery date of Jungle Book: Origins. The ambition for this project is huge. What we are attempting is an unprecedented level of psychological and emotional nuance in morphing the phenomenal performances of our cast into the facial expressions of our animals.
"We are breaking new ground with realistic non-humanoid animal faces, such as a panther or wolf, ensuring that they convincingly communicate with human language and emotion via performance capture, and are able to stand up to real scrutiny in richly complex dramatic scnes.
"So every minute more that we have to evolve the technological pipeline will make all the difference... the evidence is there already and it's off the chain exciting. So hang on in there... this is truly next generation storytelling, and it will be the real deal!"
Serkis' enthusiasm is intoxicating, to say the least. Jungle Book: Origins seems as though its intended as a true vehicle into new territory of motion-capture filmmaking, and will be the directorial debut for Serkis.
Meanwhile, early reviews of Disney's version of the story have been overwhelmingly positive. It's hard to believe creative and technological time was the reason for Warner Bros. pushing the film back.
Source: Cinemablend
