Jon Faverau Talks Ending Of The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book, the latest in Disney’s live-action retellings of classic games, is heading for a big opening at the box office. Yet many who have seen it have noted how the live-action movie ends very differently from the animated classic. IGN talked with Director Jon Favreau about this. WARNING! Major spoilers for the ending of Jungle Book ahead. In the film, instead of leaving to go into the man-village via the girl he meets, Mowgli instead remains in the jungle with his friends and animal family. So why did Favreau change this? “One was to leave room if we wanted to do more stories because I felt that the way the original one ends is a little bit unsatisfying in that it’s alluding to something but you kind of want to learn more and it doesn’t leave you necessarily with a happy feeling. I think the idea that Mowgli rejects the jungle is not the theme that I wanted – I wanted to show that you can be a