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It's Just The Franchise Necessities: Disney Prepping Live Action Reboot Of 'The Jungle Book' Jul 9th 2013, 19:14, by Kevin Jagernauth Guys, listen, don't get so outraged, because from a purely clinical business approach, this makes total sense. Disney tried -- they really did -- to relaunch older/new franchises, but they botched it and audiences didn't respond. "John Carter" and "The Lone Ranger" will go down as expensive, money-losing flops and one could argue that "Tron: Legacy" barely did what the studio wanted (it's hardly shocking that talk around that sequel has quieted down -- "Star Wars" will fill the sci-fi niche and then some is our guess...) And with studio going live-action with "Cinderella," starting production later this year, why not another proven title everyone already knowns backwards and forward? And so, here we go with "The Jungle Book," as THR reports Disney has hired Justin Marks, who penned an early draft of the studio's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" reboot, to write the script. Hooray! Listen, it's just the bare, franchise necessities which is why this is happening, though since Rudyard... Media files: the-jungle-book-poster.jpg (image/jpeg)

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