I was not sure if anyone had said anything about this. I did a search and found nothing http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-making-a-live-action-version-of-the-jungle-book/ 
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Jungle Book movie?
- Thread starter mitchk
- Start date
BransonJ
Well-Known Member
I dont see why they would, since they already did this in 1994.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110213/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110213/
BransonJ
Well-Known Member
I just wish Disney would stop with the remakes, sequels, etc. Pirates of the Caribbean was one of their best movies in my opinion but sadly with the sequels they slowly killed it for me. They need more original ideas. If anything redo the haunted mansion movie and make it better than the one they come out with.
AngryEyes
Well-Known Member
The same reason we get a new reboot of Spiderman, the Hulk, Batman, Superman, and whoever else every time you turn around. Actually, I'm surprised we haven't had at least one more Jungle Book reboot in the last 19 years. It's long overdue.
SirLink
Well-Known Member
They are with Del Toro but that is in development hell. Huh imagine that a Dick Cook film at Disney in development hell ... who would have guessed ....
prberk
Well-Known Member
Actually, both of those movies you mentioned (Pirates and Haunted Mansion) were also unoriginai and remakes of sorts -- from the pre-existing theme park attractions and stories and characters already developed there.
The problem is creativity period, and courage: courage to make a new film with an original story. That is the same problem plaguing the Parks and Resorts division, as well. It is throughout the company. And it is mostly because of the tremendous cost for each new project, whether a film, TV show, or theme park attraction. A big flop (like John Carter and now Lone Ranger) can be very costly.
So, it is easier to build (or re-build) on proven successes ("franchises" as the MBAs like to call them). And even The Lone Ranger shows that not all remakes can work, especially if they (1) have been out of the public eye for so long and (2) stray too far from what made it successful in the first place (e.g., making Depp as Tonto the star, and weird again, which did not fit the character).
However, on the other hand, creative, original stories can have great payoffs. Ask George Lucas (who rolled the dice on his orginal Star Wars), Steven Spielberg (most of his movies), Pixar, and others who have created truly new ideas for the screen that took off. Even screenplays based on previous works can be fresh and original sometimes by simply being faithful to a story that was already good in the first place (Lord of the Rings, Old Yeller, Spiderman).
The bottom line is that it costs a tremendous amount of money to make a new project; and it takes courage to get it made -- and made well, without second-guessing it to death and watering it down or ruining it with mismatched star power. But it CAN be done. And we need to keep letting them know -- and sometimes by voting with our wallets.
Paul
Of
GrumpyFan
Well-Known Member
The same reason we get a new reboot of Spiderman, the Hulk, Batman, Superman, and whoever else every time you turn around. Actually, I'm surprised we haven't had at least one more Jungle Book reboot in the last 19 years. It's long overdue.
Agreed, how many different Peter Pans have their been or Robin Hood?
The problem is with many of the Hollywood movie studios, or more appropriately, the executives running them, think this is the quickest way to riches and blockbusters. It's called risk aversion, they only go with titles and stories of known characters, from known producers/directors, with known, big-name actors. They're afraid of gambling on something, that may or may not work. Sure, every now and then somebody does, but it's a limited risk and they still insist on using somebody known, whether actor or producer/director, etc. I don't blame them really, after all, they are running a business, and their goal is to make money, but it just seems that everything has become so repetitive, tired and boring.
SyracuseOrange
Well-Known Member
This problem isn't even exclusive to Disney, or theme parks & movies in general. It plagues the theatre community, as well. This is why shows like "Shrek" and "Legally Blonde" make it to Broadway alongside "Annie" being revived every few years. There are plenty of shows that go unnoticed that many would argue are far superior in terms of artistic merit, but producers mainly see things in dollars & cents, much like the leadership of Disney.
MOXOMUMD
Well-Known Member
They have. The tour opened in Chicago two weeks ago.
RandomPrincess
Keep Moving Forward
New info from Entertainment Weekly
The live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book will open on Oct. 9, 2015,
Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau is gearing up to direct The Jungle Book, which Justin Marks is adapting, but little else is known about the project at this early stage except that it will be a re-telling of the classic Kipling tale of a boy raised by animals in the jungle. Disney previously adapted the story for the 1967 animated pic and as a live-action feature with Cary Elwes in 1994. The Favreau adaptation is currently the only movie scheduled for an Oct. 2015 release.
The live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book will open on Oct. 9, 2015,
Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau is gearing up to direct The Jungle Book, which Justin Marks is adapting, but little else is known about the project at this early stage except that it will be a re-telling of the classic Kipling tale of a boy raised by animals in the jungle. Disney previously adapted the story for the 1967 animated pic and as a live-action feature with Cary Elwes in 1994. The Favreau adaptation is currently the only movie scheduled for an Oct. 2015 release.
Magenta Panther
Well-Known Member
In another thread, I pointed out that Iger is big on "sure things". And there's a built-in audience for a Disney Jungle Book movie - thanks to the original Disney Jungle Book movie. That's about as sure as you can get in the movie biz. And that's why Hollywood almost never remakes BAD movies - just the good ones. Again: built-in audience.