Jungle Book: Origins is an upcoming British live-action adventure fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis, with a screenplay by Callie Kloves, based on the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Rohan Chand as Mowgli, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, Christian Bale as Bagheera, Cate Blanchett as Kaa, Serkis as Baloo, Naomie Harris as Nisha and Tom Hollander as Tabaqui.