The entire production was shot in the UK, because it was not feasible to shoot in the jungle due to the elements.
All retellings of how he came to be Tarzan as a child will be told via flashbacks.
The Legend of Tarzan is helmed by David Yates, who also directed the last four Harry Potter films here at Leavesden, a former Rolls Royce factory where planes were also built.
The vision is a slightly exaggerated, romanticized version of a real jungle, with lots of fog and rainforest atmosphere, exaggerated leaves.