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Disney's The Jungle Book Gets Gorgeous Banner Poster

As the release of Jon Favreau’s live-action take on ‘The Jungle Book’ nears, Disney has released three posters which combine to create the gorgeous banner art you see below.

The poster shows the full set of lead characters from Rudyard Kipling’s classic 1894 novel, including its human star Mowgli (played by Neel Sethi) and the film’s CG recreations of Baloo, Sheer Khan and King Louie.

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The incredible all-star cast sees Bill Murray lending his voice to Baloo, Sir Ben Kingsley voicing Bagheera, Christopher Walken as King Louie, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa and Idris Elba as viscous tiger Shere Khan.

As we’re sure you all know, the story follows Mowgli - a boy raised by wolves (including mother wolf Raksha, played by Lupita Nyong'o) - on an adventure through the jungle as he’s pursued by Shere Khan and his insatiable appetite.

Baloo, Mowgli, Baheera and Kaa star on the third poster to be released, completing the banner poster above. King Louie and Shere Khan adorned the posters released on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Speaking to Collider about the film’s look director Favreau - known for 'Elf’ and 'Iron Man’ - said: “What creating the world allows us to do is exaggerate proportions and scale. So the jungle is slightly heightened.

"The animals are slightly heightened. We’re not forced into tying into a real tiger as they would be like 'Life of Pi’ where half the shots are real and half are fake.”

It’s no secret that the success of Ang Lee’s 'Life of Pi’ inspired Disney to make this film, but if ever it made sense for one film to inspire the creation of another, this is it.

The film is set to to be released in the UK on 15 April.

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Picture Credits: Disney