When Disney decided to do a live-action version of their 1967 animated film The Jungle Book (based on the 1894 novel by Rudyard Kipling), it was a big challenge.
Director Jon Favreau had a huge task, taking the beloved story and using effects to create Kipling’s world with a single human actor, a child, no less.
We asked who Favreau played and he told us, “Oh, well, I jumped in there for ‘Bare Necessities.’
Favreau said he loved the idea of using action movie technology in a heartwarming human story.