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Ben Kingsley Will Lend His Voice to Disney’s Live Action Jungle Book

Ben Kingsley's noble quest to improve every movie continues.
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Published: Jun 26, 2014 12:21 pm

The new Jungle Book movie may be live action, but the animals still need a fair amount of voice acting, and they’ve added Ben Kingsley to the cast! Kingsley will voice Bagheera in the new adaptation. Well that’s exciting news! bagheera Kingsley joins Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, and Lupita Nyong’o in a cast that should make this new, Jon Favreau-helmed adaptation a lot more memorable than the last live action one.

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(via Variety and ScreenRant, image via sbclick and The Jungle Book)

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