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CC AD available Gift certificates for sale at the Box Office Like us on Facebook. He knows the old movies backwards and forwards. His Apple Watch face is, unsurprisingly, Mickey Mouse. His fandom helped earn him the gig of directing The Jungle Book and the eye popping photo real film is suffused with treats for both aficionados of Uncle Walts classic oeuvre and film buffs in general. From visual cues and callbacks to the original 1. Favreaus film will reward the observant. These are all little director games we play to keep ourselves occupied, he said during a recent chat with Yahoo Movies. I wanted to make sure the core group of fans of the underlying material were respected and rewarded. The Jungle Book Theater Movie' title='The Jungle Book Theater Movie' />The Jungle Book Theater Movie ReleasesYou want to make it fun for someone who has never seen the original film but for someone who loves the original film, we want them to understand that we love it, too. Here are the coolest things we spotted along with a little directors commentary from Jon Favreau. Favreau gets his fanboy on right away, kicking things off by setting the opening shot of Disneys iconic castle in the jungle. But the geeking out goes deeper. We wanted the beginning of the movie to be low tech and feel of the moment in the history of Disney. Listen to Christopher Walken perform I Wanna Be Like You While Scarlett Johanssons Kaa doesnt sing in the film itself she does hiss, Trust in me at one point, her rendition of Trust in Me plays during the end credits, along with a full version of Walkens I Wanna Be Like You, and Dr. Johns take on The Bare Necessities. To celebrate New Orleans jazzman Louis Prima, who played King Louie in the first Jungle Book, Favreau took Walken and Murray to the Big Easy to record their numbers with Dr. John and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. Listen to Scarlett Johansson perform Trust in Me Although the elephants and vultures dont get their own numbers as in the 6. Theres even a nod to the vultures easily the one part of the original Disney film that has aged the worst, with its incongruous Beatles impersonatorsbarbershop quartet with a couple quick shots of the birds scattered throughout. Speaking of the musicThe credits note the film was recorded in Fantasound, a sound process Walt Disneys team specifically developed with RCA for Fantasia but abandoned shortly thereafter because exhibitors didnt want to invest in the technology. Walt had a vision to put the audience in the middle of the music I said, Wouldnt it be cool to explore what Fantasound would be now explains Favreau. His sound engineers realized that the surround sound used by Dolby Atmos was similar. So if you see Jungle Book in an Atmos powered cinema, You will feel there are instruments moving around the theater. Related The Alternate Ending of the Original Jungle Book and What It Could Mean for the New Version. Vintage Fantasound ad via Animation. ProclamationsTumblrThis isnt the first time Favreau directed Giancarlo Esposito in The Jungle Book. Favreau happened to cast the honey piped veteran actor for a commercial for the video game Destiny. In the spot, Esposito reads The Law of the Jungle, a poem from Kiplings stories recited by Akela to the wolves. Watch Esposito read The Law of the Jungle in Favreaus Destiny commercial During the commercial shoot, Esposito and Favreau got to talking about their mutual affinity for Kiplings stories. Esposito recounts their conversation Jon said, Wouldnt it be wonderful to do this again And then a year later I get a phone call, and he says, Will you be a part of this And thats how Esposito wound up playing Akela in the film. Rocky the Rhino gets his moment. One of the notable characters developed for the 1. Rocky the Rhino. His design had been approved and artists had storyboarded the climactic scene with him in it. Jungle Book character sketches, including Rocky Image DisneyUltimately the filmmakers decided that having four vultures and a rhino was just too much and poor Rocky hit the cutting room floor. But Favreau has restored the character for the film, giving him a bit of screen time and the voice of comedian Russell Peters. Watch the originally conceived scene from The Jungle Book DVD Garry Shandlings bittersweet finale. The porcupine Ikki a character in the Kipling stories but not in the Disney cartoon is voiced by Garry Shandling in what turned out to be the comedians final role. Favreau was a big fan, and friend, having lured Shandling out of an acting hiatus for a role in Iron Man 2. If you stay through the credits, youll see that Favreau dedicated the film to Shandlings memory. Related Jon Favreaus Touching Tribute to Garry Shandling in The Jungle BookThats the same Jungle Book book. 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