THE JUNGLE BOOK Adds Bill Murray and Christopher Walken

Disney's been making a lot of casting decisions lately for the upcoming live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of "The Jungle Book". The film, directed by Jon Favreau ("Iron Man") will only feature one actor in the flesh, Neel Sethi who will be playing Mowgli. All the other characters will be rendered using computer graphics. The voice cast is quite impressive already. Lupita Nyong'o will voice Raksha, Idris Elba is Shere Khan, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera and Scarlett Johansson will hypnotize audiences as the voice of Kaa. The new additions to the cast are Bill Murray as Baloo, Christopher Walken as King Louie, the mischievous king of the monkeys, and Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, leader of the wolf pack that takes Mowgli in. "The Jungle Book" will open in theaters on October 9, 2015.

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