Ron Howard is set to direct a WB adaptation of The Jungle Book, which is in direct competition with Disney's own reboot with Jon Favreau.
Warner Brothers is moving hard on revisiting previous fairy tales and children stories for the 21st century. With reboots and adaptations already underway for Peter Pan and Tarzan, the studio’s next move is to push forward a new retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.
Warner Bros. has hired Ron Howard (Rush, Angels & Demons) to adapt Kipling’s tome to the Indian wilderness for their upcoming slate. This is in direct competition of Walt Disney Pictures’ own planned live-action reboot of The Jungle Book, which last heard was circling Iron Man’s Jon Favreau to direct. That one is already slated for an October 9, 2015 release date.
Kipling’s The Jungle Book was a collection of stories first published in magazines during 1893 and 1894. In 1895, a The Second Jungle Book was produced chronicling the later adventures of an older Mowgli. These stories served as the inspiration for the Walt Disney Animation Classic The Jungle Book in 1967. Disney also distributed a moderately successful adaptation of the books in 1994 directed by Stephen Sommers (yes that Stephen Sommers) starring Carey Elwes and Lena Headey.
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