The Jungle Book (Disney franchise)

The Jungle Book is a Disney media franchise that commenced in 1967 with the theatrical release of The Jungle Book. It is based on Rudyard Kipling's classic children's books of the same name.

Animated films

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book is a 1967 American traditionally animated musical comedy film masterpiece produced by Walt Disney Productions. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's original classic book of the same name, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production.

In this animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's stories, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere Khan. Facing certain death, Mowgli must overcome his reluctance to leave his wolf family and return to the "man village." But he is not alone on his quest: Aided by Bagheera the panther, and later by the carefree bear Baloo, he braves the jungles many perils.

The Jungle Book 2

The Jungle Book 2 is a 2003 American-Australian animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The theatrical version of the film was released in France on February 5, 2003, and released in the United States on February 14, 2003. The film is a sequel to the 1967 musical Disney film The Jungle Book, and stars Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Mowgli and John Goodman as the voice of Baloo.

Wild child Mowgli has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like beloved bear Baloo. Mowgli's disappearance worries his family, so his stepsister, Shanti, journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan, is out to get him, and he traps Mowgli, Shanti and Baloo in an ancient temple.

Live-action films

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 American live-action Disney film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, based on the Mowgli classic stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli, Cary Elwes as his adversary Captain Boone, and Lena Headey as Mowgli's eventual love interest Kitty. Also appearing in the film were Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng and Ron Donachie.

When his father is killed by a jungle tiger, Mowgli is orphaned and grows up in the wild, raised by beloved animals. Years later, the bracelet given to him by his childhood friend, Kitty, is stolen. In pursuing it, he discovers Monkey City with all its treasures. He is reunited with Kitty, but struggles to adapt to civilization. When Kitty's unscrupulous suitor, Capt. Boone, attempts to raid the jungle of its treasures, Mowgli's life is imperiled.

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story is a 1998 Disney live-action direct-to-video film based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name. The film chronicles the life of the boy named Mowgli (portrayed by Brandon Baker) from the time he lived with humans as an infant to the time when he rediscovered humans again as a teenager.

Animal companions guide Rudyard Kipling's jungle boy in the wilds of India.

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book is an upcoming American comedy adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, written by Justin Marks, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Neel Sethi as Mowgli, Bill Murray as Baloo, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, and Christopher Walken as King Louie. The film is scheduled to be released on April 15, 2016.

After a fierce tiger threatens his life, Mowgli, a orphan boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by a stern panther and a free-spirited bear, sets out on a journey of self-discovery.

TV series

TaleSpin

TaleSpin is a half-hour animated adventure series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as a preview on The Disney Channel and later that year as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book, which was theatrically rereleased in the summer before this show premiered in the fall.

Baloo, King Louie and Shere Khan operate businesses in Cape Suzette.

Jungle Cubs

Jungle Cubs is an whimsical animated series produced by Disney for ABC in 1996. It was based on their 1967 animated classic film The Jungle Book, but set in the youth of the animal characters. The show was a hit, running for two seasons in syndication before moving its re-runs to the Disney Channel. The show was broadcast on Toon Disney, but was taken off the schedule in 2001. The show did air in the United Kingdom on Disney Cinemagic and in Latin America until it was removed. The show's theme song is a hip-hop version of the unforgettable song, "The Bare Necessities" performed by Lou Rawls.

Animal children cope with life on their own in the wild.

Video games

TaleSpin

TaleSpin is a 1991 video game published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is based on the children's animated series with the same name. TaleSpin was also released by Capcom on the Game Boy. Sega released its own versions of TaleSpin on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Game Gear. NEC also made one for their TurboGrafx-16 system. This game involves the adventures of Baloo and Kit Cloudkicker, two bears delivering cargo for Rebecca Cunningham, another bear. However, Shere Khan, the evil tiger tycoon, wants to put Rebecca out of business, so he hires air pirates, led by Don Karnage, to do his dirty work.

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book is a series of video games based on the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book, primarily released in 1994. It was first released by Virgin Interactive in 1993 for the Sega Master System. Conversions for the Game Boy, NES (for which it was one of the last titles released by a third-party developer), Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Super NES, and PC followed in 1994, and a remake for the Game Boy Advance was released in 2003. While gameplay is the same on all versions, technological differences between the systems forced changes – in some case drastic – in level design, resulting in six fairly different versions of the 'same' game. This article is largely based upon the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version

The Jungle Book Groove Party

The Jungle Book Groove Party is a music rhythm video game developed by Ubisoft and published by Disney Interactive for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Featuring similar gameplay to the Dance Dance Revolution series, the game features characters and songs from Disney's 19th traditionally animated film The Jungle Book. The game was packaged with a dance pad.

Music

The Jungle Book soundtrack

The Jungle Book soundtrack has been released in three different versions since the film's release in 1967. The film score was composed by George Bruns, with songs written by Terry Gilkyson and the Sherman Brothers.

• "Colonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song)" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
• "The Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson)
• "I Wan'na Be Like You" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
• "Trust in Me (The Python's Song)" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
• "That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
• "My Own Home" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)

More Jungle Book

In 1968, Disneyland Records released the album More Jungle Book (given the subtitle ...Further Adventures of Baloo and Mowgli), an unofficial sequel also written by screenwriter Larry Simmons, which continued the story of the film, and included Phil Harris and Louis Prima voicing their film roles. In the record, Baloo (Harris) is missing Mowgli (Ginny Tyler), so he teams up with King Louie (Prima) and Bagheera (Dal McKennon) to take him from the man village. Four new songs were composed for the record, two of which ("Baloo's Blues" and "It's a Kick") made appearances as bonus tracks on CD versions of the soundtrack to the original The Jungle Book.

• "Baloo's Blues" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
  • performed by Phil Harris
  • later appeared as bonus track on the 1990 and 1997 re-issues of The Jungle Book soundtrack
• "Jungle Fever" (Floyd Huddleston, Camarata)
  • performed by Phil Harris
• "If You Wanna See Some Strange Behavior (Take a Look at Man)" (Mel Leven)
  • performed by Louis Prima
• "It's a Kick" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
  • performed by Phil Harris
  • later appeared as bonus track on the 1990 and 1997 re-issues of The Jungle Book soundtrack
• "Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson)
  • performed by Phil Harris and Sebastian Cabot
  • reprise version from The Jungle Book soundtrack