A new stage production puts a contemporary twist on Kipling’s classic, writes Colette Sheridan

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.

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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.

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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'.

Andy Serkis says his adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' doesn't "shy away from darkness".

A woman from Barnsley who killed her kitten by cooking it in a microwave after it attacked her goldfish has been jailed for 14 weeks by a district judge who said it was an "act of utterly horrendous cruelty".

Disney is developing a live action adaptation of 'The Jungle Book'.

The Jungle Book 2 reunites jungle boy Mowgli and his bear buddy Baloo with their colourful cast of friends for another entertaining hour of Disney magic that’s sure to keep the young, and the young-at-heart, happy.

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