Naomie Harris joins cast of Andy Serkis’ directorial debut , Jungle Book: OriginsPosted by Wilson Morales
August 20, 2014
Source: THR
Naomie Harris is among the cast of A-list talent added to Andy Serkis’ directorial debut , Jungle Book: Origins.
She joins Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Eddie Marsan, and Peter Mullan in the Warner Bros. animated film. Rohan Chand, the young actor who starred opposite Jason Bateman in Bad Words, will star as the human boy Mowgli, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
The site states that Callie Kloves wrote the script, adapting the Rudyard Kipling short stories, while her father, Steve Kloves, the screenwriter who wrote seven of the Harry Potter films for the studio, is producing. The movie will employ a mix of motion capture, CG animation and live-action.
Jungle Book centers on Mowgli, an orphaned boy raised by wolves who befriends members of the animal kingdom who help him grow up. Serkis will play Baloo the bear, while Bale will voice Begheera, a fearsome panther, both of whom save Mowgli from the killer tiger Shere Khan (Cumberbatch) and teach him the law of the jungle.
Blanchett will voice Kaa, a sinister python who is also a friend to Mowgli, while Hollander will play Tabaqui, the jackal who is an underling of Shere Khan. Mullan will be Akela, the leader of the wolf pack that raises Mowgli. Harris is the female wolf Nisha, while Marsan is her mate, Vihaan.
Harris was last seen portraying Winnie Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, opposite Idris Elba. She just booked a role in Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw.
