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The first trailer of Mowgli, which features Rohan Chand in the title role, presents a different and darker version of Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book. Director Andy Serkis says it is not a fairy tale, and the audience should not expect singing and dancing animals in the film.
Studio Warner Bros. has released its first trailer for Mowgli — Serkis’ decidedly downbeat version of The Jungle Book.
The film is based on Rudyard Kipling‘s classic 19th century tale of the boy who grew up in the jungles of India.
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“We wanted to engage more closely with Kipling’s book. It is not so much of a child’s fairy tale. This has a reality to it. There are real consequences. It is definitely different from Kipling’s book and has a much darker approach,” said Serkis in a behind the scenes video.
“There is no singing and dancing by the animals that is for sure. After creating (characters) Caesar and Gollum, this is what I was most drawn to. I can’t believe how lucky we are to have our key cast,” he added. Check out the trailer here:
The studio appears to be making a major effort to differentiate the movie from Disney’s 2016 hit “The Jungle Book”, which generated $966 million in worldwide box office, reports variety.com.
The CGI (computer generated imagery) footage for “Mowgli” features threatening beasts such as the malevolent tiger Shere Khan, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, who asserts, “My, my, how you’ve grown”.