Warner Bros.' Jungle Book makes evolutionary leap to Andy Serkis
In this ruthlessly dog-eat-dog, hot-swing-number-soundtracked world, survival is often determined by speed, agility, and how many other movie projects you have going on. And so, Warner Bros.’ live-action The Jungle Book has had to adapt once again to keep up with Disney, evolving in directors from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu to Ron Howard to Andy Serkis, after Howard opted to concentrate on his many other projects instead, and, presumably, after he saw this picture we made. So now Serkis, a man known for getting inside animals (in a family-friendly way!) will do that again by taking over the Warners project, which is still racing to avoid being eaten by the Jon Favreau-helmed, Idris Elba-starring Jungle Book at Disney.