The Jungle Book - April 15
For a collection of stories that’s over 100 years old, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book still generates a surprising amount of interest in Hollywood: even after multiple animated and live-action adaptations, it’s being prepped for a pair of return visits to theaters. Disney’s striking first with its own version, which finds director Jon Favreau blending live-action and CGI to present the most dazzling Jungle Book to date—and apart from the thrilling visuals, he’s lined up an incredible voice cast that includes Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, and Lupita Nyong’o. While we’d hardly be the first to argue that a new Jungle Book is among Hollywood’s bare necessities, this movie looks like one you won’t want to miss in 2016.