Production has officially begun on Andy Serkis’ The Jungle Book

Posted 11 years ago

After years of toiling in Peter Jackson’s world, Andy Serkis is finally ready to step out on his own. The actor, who revolutionized the world of motion-capture, has just begun production on THE JUNGLE BOOK (previously titled JUNGLE BOOK: ORIGINS)...

Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book: Origins pushed back to 2017

Posted 11 years ago

Warner Bros. has decided to push back Andy Serkis' JUNGLE BOOK: ORIGINS. The Serkis directed film was originally set to be released on October 21, 2016, but will now hit theaters on October 6, 2017. Although no reason was given...

Andy Serkis will turn actors into quadruped animals for Jungle Book: Origins

Posted 11 years ago

In a discussion about the final installment of THE HOBBIT trilogy, veteran performance capture artist Andy Serkis was asked about the future of the filming tactics used to capture characters such as Gollum or Smaug. Much like Benedict Cumberbatch actually performed...

Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and more join Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book

Posted 12 years ago

Just yesterday the announcement came through that Benedict Cumberbatch would move from voicing a dragon to voicing a tiger in Andy Serkis‘ JUNGLE BOOK: ORIGINS. Now the casting floodgates have opened and pretty much the whole cast has been revealed....

Cumberbatch goes from Khan to Shere Khan in Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book

Posted 12 years ago

As of now, the only Jungle Book film we’ve heard anything about was that of Jon Favreau‘s Disney iteration. On Warner Bros.’ side, we knew that Andy Serkis would be making his directorial debut in helming a most-likely darker (than...

Andy Serkis says his Jungle Book will be just as dark as the book

Posted 12 years ago

Warner Bros. and Disney both have big screen versions of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" in the works, with Jon Favreau helming Disney's, and Andy Serkis will be behind the camera for Warner Bros. THR recently spoke with Andy Serkis...