{"id":351,"date":"2014-06-25T09:27:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=351"},"modified":"2014-10-08T09:32:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T16:32:35","slug":"sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/news\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Ben Kingsley Joins the Cast of THE JUNGLE BOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SIR BEN KINGSLEY JOINS THE CAST OF &#8220;THE JUNGLE BOOK&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-354 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sir-ben.jpg\" alt=\"sir ben\" width=\"214\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sir-ben.jpg 214w, https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sir-ben-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley has been cast as the voice of \u201cBagheera\u201d in Disney\u2019s upcoming THE JUNGLE BOOK. Described by author Rudyard Kipling in his book of the same name on which the film is based, as being \u201cas cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down\u201d, Kingsley is the perfect casting choice for the sleek black panther.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Kingsley in the ever-increasing star-studded cast is fellow Oscar winner Lupita Nyong\u2019o as the mother wolf \u201cRakcha\u201d, Scarlett Johansson as \u201cKaa\u201d the python and Idris Elba as the menacing tiger, Shere Khan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-356\" src=\"http:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/the-jungle-book-1967-one-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"the jungle book - 1967 one sheet\" width=\"214\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/the-jungle-book-1967-one-sheet.jpg 214w, https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/the-jungle-book-1967-one-sheet-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Marks, THE JUNGLE BOOK combines live action and animated filmmaking.\u00a0 Disney last visited THE JUNGLE BOOK with the animated 1967 classic.\u00a0\u00a0 THE JUNGLE BOOK arrives in theaters in 3D on October<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIR BEN KINGSLEY JOINS THE CAST OF &#8220;THE JUNGLE BOOK&#8221; Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley has been cast as the voice of \u201cBagheera\u201d in Disney\u2019s upcoming THE JUNGLE BOOK. Described by author Rudyard Kipling in his book of the same name on which the film is based, as being \u201cas cunning as Tabaqui, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Ben Kingsley Joins the Cast of THE JUNGLE BOOK - Behind The Lens Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker &amp; celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/news\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Ben Kingsley Joins the Cast of THE JUNGLE BOOK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker &amp; celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/news\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Behind The Lens Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-25T16:27:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-08T16:32:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sir-ben.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"214\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"317\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"debbie lynn elias\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"debbie lynn elias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"debbie lynn elias\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2d9b602095eb0ce3d363efb75ad0b5d4\"},\"headline\":\"Sir Ben Kingsley Joins the Cast of THE JUNGLE BOOK\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-25T16:27:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-08T16:32:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/sir-ben.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/sir-ben-kingsley-joins-the-cast-of-the-jungle-book\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sir Ben Kingsley Joins the Cast of THE JUNGLE BOOK - 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