'Jungle Book: Origins' will be Darker than Disney's Live-Action Picture
Andy Serkis, who is lined up to star in and direct his own Jungle Book film detached from Disney's wildly successful live-action interpretation from Jon Favreau, has revealed how his film will differ from this year's more light-hearted fare.
“Ours is for a slightly older audience…It’s a PG-13, more a kind of Apes movie, a slightly darker take, closer to Rudyard Kipling’s," Serkis told Vulture, citing that film's are too cautious these days when addressing a young audience.
“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... 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." Certainly, he's being pretty cryptic but in another way very revealing regarding the film,which is still some time off seeing release. The film needs an angle all its own if it wants to differentiate itself from Disney's film, which it will no doubt draw comparisons to come release.
Source: Collider
