--- title: Watch Disney's New Trailer for The Jungle Book description: Trailer gives first look at the film's "bare necessities" canonical: https://time.com/4035031/jungle-book-trailer/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-15T17:36:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:57:10.642Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Disney's First Trailer for The Jungle Book og:description: Trailer gives first look at the film's "bare necessities" og:url: https://time.com/4035031/jungle-book-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd581f122bf588972/698863ad8e06014c4146259e/jungle-book-live-action.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jungle-Book-Live-Action og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Disney's First Trailer for The Jungle Book twitter:description: Trailer gives first look at the film's "bare necessities" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd581f122bf588972/698863ad8e06014c4146259e/jungle-book-live-action.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the First Trailer for Disney's Live Action _Jungle Book_ Movie by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 15, 2015 5:36 PM UTC  Disney by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 15, 2015 5:36 PM UTC Disney’s _The Jungle Book_ is getting a makeover — the 1967 animated classic is going live action in 2016. In order to get the look right, Director John Favreau is using many of the same techniques James Cameron made famous in Avatar, and the trailer shows gorgeous landscapes and life-like jungle animals. _The Jungle Book_‘s characters are voiced by top-tier talent, with Bill Murray, Scarlett Johannson, Idris Elba, Sir Ben Kingsley, Lupita Nyong’o, and Christopher Walken playing roles. Protagonist Mowgli, will be played by newcomer Neel Seth. Johannson, who plays the sinister Kaa, is speaking to Mowgli during the trailer. Set for an April 2016 release date, Disney’s _The Jungle Book_ isn’t the only take on the stories of Rudyard Kipling, as Warner Brothers will release _Jungle Book: Origins_ in 2017\. _Origins_, directed by Andy Serkis, will feature voices from Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4035031/jungle-book-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4035031/jungle-book-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the First Trailer for Disney's Live Action Jungle Book Movie","datePublished":"2015-09-15T17:36:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:57:10.642Z","description":"Trailer gives first look at the film's \"bare necessities\"","url":"https://time.com/4035031/jungle-book-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Movie trailers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd581f122bf588972/698863ad8e06014c4146259e/jungle-book-live-action.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd581f122bf588972/698863ad8e06014c4146259e/jungle-book-live-action.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jungle-Book-Live-Action","caption":"","creditText":"Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4035031/jungle-book-trailer/","name":"Watch the First Trailer for Disney's Live Action Jungle Book Movie"}}]}] ```