TOM JONES will return to The Voice UK when the show makes its debut on ITV, after he previously slammed the BBC for firing him from the line-up in 2015.

 

There are impressive casts galore in this week's releases, which are sure to entertain. Most intriguing is the latest imagining of the classic tale of The Jungle Book ahead Andy Serkis' take on it in 2018.

The Jungle Book 4/5

The Jungle Book is back in 2016, with a mostly CG film that's being directed by Jon Favreau and bringing together an amazing voice cast including Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Johansson.

“One can’t solve everything,” is a statement akin to heresy when uttered by the immortal Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen), but then life is no longer elementary for fiction’s greatest detective in Mr Holmes (PG). 

Plenty to watch on the tellybox tonight.

Jon Favreau still hasn't made any money from Elf.

Benedict Cumberbatch will get to flash his fangs when he voices villainous tiger Shere Khan in Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book: Origins movie.

Bill Murray will voice Baloo the bear in 'The Jungle Book'.

Lupita Nyong'o and Scarlett Johansson are in talks to star in 'The Jungle Book'.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Dipping in and out of festive fare, you surely gained a fresh admiration for Gaelic football and its people.

Dustin Hoffman has joined the cast of 'Chef'.

Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow has confessed she struggled to follow the plot for her latest film Iron Man 3 after reading the script.

Some people have way too much time on their hands. We love those people.

Guy Pearce has landed a role in 'Iron Man 3'.

IN a way it’s almost a pity that Daniel Craig stars in Cowboys and Aliens (15A).

As with seemingly every other tentpole release to hit the multiplex this summer, the action thriller 'Cowboys & Aliens' is based on a comic book – albeit a lesser-known one.

Anyone who's been to the zoo has considered the possibility that once all the visitors and the zookeepers go home, the animals come out from their enclosures and talk about the day.

FILM director James Cameron cashed in on the worldwide box office success of Avatar to become the top Hollywood movie earner of 2010, easily outdistancing actor Johnny Depp in second place.

Jon Favreau will not direct 'Iron Man 3'.

Harrison Ford is the “quintessential cowboy”.

Kevin James has signed up to star in 'Here Comes the Boom'.

The first film was a resounding hit and this busily plotted follow-up has all the action required for a repeat.

Robert Downey Jr. thinks ‘Iron Man 2’ will “flip expectations”.

'Iron Man 2' director Jon Favreau will not be helming 'The Avengers'.

Jon Favreau worries the planned 'The Avengers' movie will be a "failed experiment".

Scarlett Johansson wants to star in an ‘Iron Man’ spin-off.

Jon Favreau has confirmed there will be a third 'Iron Man' film.

Sylvester Stallone will play a lion in forthcoming film 'The Zookeeper'.

British actress Emily Blunt is the frontrunner to land the role as femme-fatale the Black Widow in the forthcoming 'Iron Man' sequel.

Some cast that, though it’s disappointing to find so much talent in such an ordinary film about dysfunctional – and universally annoying – families.

Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs is to take his acting ambitions to mainstream TV after landing a two-episode deal to guest on the world's most-watched show 'CSI: Miami'.

'Iron Man' director Jon Favreau has voiced his concerns about the scheduled release date for the comic book sequel - insisting he needs more time to make a good movie.

Another - this time quite excellent - comic-book super hero played to pin-point perfection by Downey, bringing to his character a depth and flawed darkness that makes us root for him throughout.

Another animated animal yarn - requiring three directors, no less - to join the growing list of such aimed-at-the-kiddies films.

New Yorker Robert Downey Jr. will star as the latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen in the US.

Aniston has been waiting for a long time for a script as good as this, and she runs with it to outstanding effect.

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is set to follow-up his role in Mission: Impossible III with a stint playing the ultimate action star - a superhero.

A good, if flawed, adventure yarn in which brothers (Bobo and Hutcherson) pass the time playing an old board game and, wait for it, get zapped into outer space.

Actor/director Jon Favreau insists the rumoured romance between best pal Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston is pure fiction because he had "first dibs" on the actress when they teamed up on Friends.