Rudyard Kipling's timeless fable of the orphaned boy, Mowgli (Neel Sethi), reared by wild animals, springs to dazzling life in Walt Disney Pictures' and director Jon Favreau's hybrid live and animated feature, in which jungle creatures — including Bagheera the panther (Ben Kinglsey), Shere Khan the tiger (Idris Elba), Kaa the snake (Scarlett Johansson) and Baloo the bear (Bill Murray) — vie for the attentions of the man-child in their midst. Visual effects supervisor Rob Legato brainstormed the realization of creatures and environments with MPC and Weta Digital, with the assistance of Digital Domain, Legacy Effects and Magnopus.
