The first trailer for ‘Mowgli’ offers a darker take on The Jungle Book

Rohan Chand as Mowgli Credit: Warner Bros/YouTube

It's The Jungle Book like you've never seen it before...

The first trailer for Mowgli has been released, and it’s offering one of the darkest takes yet on Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale.
For the first time, we see the story of Mowgli’s years before meeting loveable Baloo – and it couldn’t be any more different from Disney’s imagining of Kipling.
Instead, this imagining sees Mowgli mounting a desperate escape to attempt from apparent captivity, before it’s followed by a terrifying meeting with fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).

“My, my,” Khan threateningly tells Mowgli.

“How you’ve grown.”
The darker origins tale is directed by Andy Serkis, and he’s used his pioneering motion-capture technology for the film – allowing the animals to be portrayed by an impressive cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Christian Bale.

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