During Super Bowl 50, Disney only aired a teaser for the full trailer for The Jungle Book, its new adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling Mowgli stories. The full trailer finally gives the animals their all-star voices.
The trailer also leans heavily on childhood nostalgia, using “The Bear Necessities” as the main theme in the background. We are re-introduced to many of the familiar characters in the film and their famous voices. Bill Murray is the voice of Baloo, Sir Ben Kingsley is behind Bagheera and Idris Elba is the villainous Shere Kahn. Scarlett Johansson is also the voice of the snake Kaa and Christopher Walken is King Louie.
The Jungle Book was directed by Jon Favreau and features newcomer Neel Sethi as Mowgli. Lupita Nyong’o, Giancarlo Esposito, Hannah Tointon and Ralph Ineson also provide voices.
Disney originally adapted the Mowgli stories in 1967 and made a live action movie in 1994. Warner Bros. is also working on Jungle Book: Origins, which will open in October 2017.
Disney’s The Jungle Book opens on April 15.