Idris Elba Goes Mo-Cap For Disney's "The Jungle Book"

Idris Elba is in final talks to both perform and provide the voice for the killer tiger Shere Khan in  Disney's new live-action film adaptation of author Rudyard Kipling's classic India-set 1894 short story collection called The Jungle Book  says Deadline.

The majority of the tales focus on Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves whose friends include a bear named Baloo and a panther by the name of Bagheera. They also encounter a tiger adversary named Shere Khan.

Khan stalks and threaten to kill jungle boy and hero Mowgli.

Justin Marks will write the script for "Iron Man" director Jon Favreau.
 
Robert Legato ("Avatar") will oversee the motion capture elements in the film

Since the property is in the public domain, Warner Bros is developing its own version with Harry Potter film series writer Steve Kloves working on the script. Filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu had been attached to direct, but he left some weeks ago and no replacement has been announced.