'Mowgli' Much Closer To Rudyard Kipling's Book, Says Director Andy Serkis

Hollywood director Andy Serkis is all set to bring the tale of 'Mowgli' on the silver screens. Helmed by Serkis, the upcoming live-action adventure fantasy film stars Rohan Chand, Matthew Rhys, and Freida Pinto. The filmmaker said that the film is closer to the world of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'.

Talking about it, the filmmaker said, "It's much closer to the tone of Rudyard Kipling's book and it takes into account the world that Kipling was living in. It's set in 19th century colonial India and it really has that feel and flavour. It's a live-action movie so we shot on location. It took almost four years to make. We wanted to put some space between us and Jon Favreau's Disney film, I must say though they are completely different movies you can't really compare the two".

The 54-year-old star further added, ''For instance, we built jungle sets at Leavesden Studios where 'Harry Potter' was filmed and then we went to South Africa and created - and this is the biggest difference between this and the other movie an entire village in South Africa, south of Durban. In this film we see Mowgli try and assimilate himself into the world of man in the Indian village".

The film is set to release on October 19, 2018, in Real D 3D and IMAX 3D.

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Source: cinema.com.my