Why is this allowed?
>Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK (April 15, 2016).
Directed by Jon Favreau.
The tale of Mowgli, an orphaned young boy who is raised by wolves and faces his greatest challenge in the form of vicious tiger Shere Khan.
>Neel Sethi as Mowgli.
>Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, the panther.
>Bill Murray as Baloo, the bear.
>Lupita Nyong'o as Rakcha, the mother wolf.
>Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, the leader wolf.
>Christopher Walken as King Louie, the orangutan.
>Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, the snake.
>Idris Elba as Shere Khan, the tiger.
>Warner Bros Pictures' JUNGLE BOOK: ORIGINS (October 6, 2017).
Directed by Andy Serkis.
A young boy, Mowgli, is abandoned in the wood, and goes through the trials of living among the wolves, while being preyed on by the vicious tiger Shere Khan.
>Rohan Chand as Mowgli.
>Christian Bale as Bagheera, the panther.
>Andy Serkis as Baloo, the bear.
>Naomie Harris as Nisha, the wolf.
>Eddie Marsan as Vihaan, the wolf.
>Jack Reynor as Brother Wolf.
>Peter Mullan as Akela, the leader wolf.
>Ben Bishop as Hathi, the elephant.
>Tom Hollander as Tabaqui, the jackal.
>Cate Blanchett as Kaa, the snake.
>Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, the tiger.
Serkis' version will be more true to the Kipling book, not a remake of a cartoon
they also moved it to 2018
how do they both own the rights to it? or has it somehow fallen out of copyright?
>Warner Bros getting BTFO by Disney twice in the same year
>>67969570
I'm rooting for Serkis's version. Expect kino cgi
>>67969666
I think it just went into the public domain Satan
Disneys versionn will be child schlock akin to the MCU, serkis' will be absolute masterful kino.
>>67969570
Why is even one allowed. Do we need to redo Lion King? Just reshow the old one in the movies. That said they both probably use it as an attempt to contextualise modernity towards their political leanings.
>>67969666
>>67969709
Kipling died in 1936, so copyright expired in 2006. It's pretty common for two studios to make more or less the same thing at the same time (Volcano/Dante's Peak, Skyline/Battle LA, Olympus Has Fallen/White House Down, Armageddon/Deep Impact, The Prestige/The Illusionist). Hollywood's a relatively small place, various people are probably all pitching the same idea at the same time.
>>67969765
john carpenters the thing was a remake too
and the magnicifent seven
this latest jungle book is getting great reviews
the act of remaking / retelling a story has been around forever, the original film was adapted from a childrens book. so fuck off
You can defeat the meme magic
>>67969570
that 2nd movie better be lighthearted and fun as fuck.
Does everything have to be dark and depressing?
Jungle Book, which will be directed by Andy Serkis, is moving back an entire year, from Oct. 6, 2017, to Oct. 19, 2018.
>>67970178
>john carpenters the thing was a remake too
Not remake, man. May pay homage to the 1951 film, but it's far from a remake.
Copyright must have expired. Same reason you see Popeye shirts everywhere.
Based on past experience, /tv/ will hate the Disney one and love the WB one no matter what. Even thought the Disney one will be more successful by every quantifiable measure.
>>67969570
Cumberbatch is a much better fit for Shere Khan
>>67969570
>Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, the tiger
WTF?
>>67971283
>A british person is better to play an indian tiger.
Cumbersatch should be a hunter on top of an elephant trying to shoot shere kan
>>67969986
WB loves making mockbusters.
They did a mockbuster of CA:Civil War recently.
The real question is, which one will be better?
>>67971283
>cucumber patch being a better fit for anything
This meme needs to die
>>67969618
Including the white seal and kobra-killing mangoose? I'm counting on it.
The Asylum version fucking when?
>>67969570
STOP MAKING REMAKES REHHHH
>earliest memory is watching the jungle book
>watched it many times as a child
>pretty sure my hypnosis/mind control fetish originated with the kaa scene
>scarlett johansson as kaa
uh oh. muh fuckin dick. this movie is guaranteed to create a whole new generation of fucked up peopleand hopefully when i am 40 there will be a whole slew of 18-20 year old chicks with a mind control fetish
