The Jungle Book (franchise) 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 was released on April 15, 2016 to critical acclaim. After a fierce tiger threatens his life, Mowgli, an 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. Following the film's early financial and critical successes, the studio has begun work on a sequel film. Favreau is reported to return as director, while
Jann of the Jungle Jann of the Jungle Jann of the Jungle (Jane Hastings) is a fictional comic book jungle girl protagonist from Atlas Comics. Jann was created by writer Don Rico and artist Arthur Peddy in the anthology title "Jungle Tales" #1 (Sept. 1954), published by Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics. "Jungle Tales" was renamed "Jann of the Jungle" starting with issue #8 (Nov. 1955). The series continued to issue #17 (June 1957). Since then, the character has made a handful of appearances, among them a non-canonical, alternate history story in "What If" #9 (June 1978). Jann of the Jungle is Jane