Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen are Dynamic Duo in Disney’s Lion King Everyone’s favorite warthog and meerkat are coming back to the big screen in Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action adaptation of The Lion King, which will be directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book, 2016). Yesterday, the studio announced that the film is scheduled to...
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And the Winners of the 89th Academy Awards are… BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mahershala Ali, Moonlight (Winner) Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel, Lion Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Viola Davis, Fences (Winner) Naomie Harris, Moonlight Nicole Kidman, Lion Octavia Spencer...
Jon Favreau is still riding a success high from Disney‘s re-imaginating of The Jungle Book. So much so, that Disney is letting him tackle The Lion King. Disney writes in a press release, “The Lion King builds on Disney’s success of reimagining its classics for a contemporary audience with films like Maleficent, Cinderella, and the...
Starting today you can own Disney’s The Jungle Book on Disney Movies Anywhere, Digital, as well as the Blu-Ray Combo Pack and DVD. Jon Favreau’s film is based off both the 1967 picture and Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories in order to expand on a beloved world in way we’ve never seen before. Utilizing cutting edge...
You can’t lie to us, we know your inner child is screaming over the return of Disney‘s most (in)famous 16-bit video games: The Lion King, Aladdin, and The Jungle Book! Screaming in excitement and in dread. Today, these three celebrated platformers from days of yore have been updated for our computers and can be...
Breaking Bad and The Jungle Book star is in final negotiations to join Bong Joon-Ho‘s upcoming film. Reported by THR, Giancarlo Esposito has joined the cast of Okja the next film from the director of Snowpiecer. The Sci-Fi Netflix picture produced by Plan B stars Paul Dano, Tilda Swinton, and Jake Gyllenhaal. Written by Bong Joon-Ho and...
This past week, I had the wonderful opportunity to sit in on the Los Angeles Press Conference for Jon Favreau newest film, The Jungle Book. You can find my review of the film HERE. The guests included director Jon Favreau, Neel Sethi (Mowgli), Sir Ben Kingsley (Bagheera), Lupita Nyong’o (Raksha), Giancarlo Esposito (Akela), and producer...
The Jungle Book (2016) is a modern re-imagining of the Disney animated film based on the Rudyard Kipling book of the same name, and the second live action interpretation to get it right. The first being Cinderella (2015). Inspired by the technology that brought Avatar, Life of Pi and Gravity to life, visionary director Jon Faverau and his team...
Disney’s highly anticipated Jungle Book live-action adaptation has just seen the debut of its third and final trailer before the film actually hits theaters April 15, 2016. It contains never-before seen footage, so fans can get their final fix of preview content before hitting the cineplex next month. Check it out below. Written by...
Disney has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for the upcoming The Jungle Book, a live-action/VFX update of the animated classic. Director Jon Favreau talks about what drew him to the project, casting, and more. Rudyard Kipling, author of the source material, may have been racist, but not gonna lie, this adaptation looks like it’s...