Academy Award-winning actor Ben Kingsley has been cast as the voice of Bagheera in Disney’s upcoming The Jungle Book. Directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Marks, The Jungle Book combines live action and animated filmmaking. The Jungle Book arrives in theaters in 3D on October 9, 2015.
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It’s like Lorne Malvo says in the first season of FX’s Fargo:
“There are no saints in the animal kingdom. Only breakfast and dinner. That’s why I never bought a human, a lion, and a bear all being friends with each other in The Jungle Book.”