Andy Serkis has given life to many unreal and unnatural characters over the course of his career. But the man behind the motion-captured face of Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” series and Caesar in ...

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is a darker reimagination of the Disney classic The Jungle Book, following essentially the same plotline without the charm of the original films. The movie starts with the ...

Hollywood’s history of competing projects – from Lambada and The Forbidden Dance to Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down – reaches its peak, or possible nadir, with the release of Mowgli: Legend of ...

“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” is a cold and bleak awakening for any “Jungle Book” fan. Balou the bear doesn’t break into song. Instead, he’s constantly buzzing with flies, like a week-old deli ...

Full disclosure: When I was growing up, “The Jungle Book” was my jam. And as an adult, “forget about your worries and your strife” — the simplest of the “Bare Necessities” lines — is a guiding mantra.

Like most people that have laid eyes on The Jungle Book, Mowgli director Andy Serkis is a huge fan of Disney’s 1967 take on Rudyard Kilpling’s collection of short stories. Yet, as such an avid fan of ...