- The film is the first time actor Bill Murray has participated in a Disney movie.
- Although the animals in the film are all South Asian species, only Ben Kingsley among the voice actors is of South Asian descent.
- The names of the little wolf pups in the film are based on the names of the actors and crew who participated in the motion capture.
- Part of the animals seen in the film comes from the motion capture of the actors.
- Scarlett Johansson was 8 months pregnant when she dubbed Kaa.
- The character Kaa was portrayed as a male in previous versions of the film and television works, but in the film became a female, dubbed by Scarlett Johansson. Director Jon Feiru was dissatisfied that the characters in the story were almost all males, so he made such a change.
- The film is the second time the actor Idris Elba has dubbed a Disney film afterZootopia.
The Jungle Book behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Akela: Mowgli belongs to my pack, Shere Khan.
Shere Khan: Mowgli? They've given it a name! When was it we came to adopt man into the jungle?
Akela: He's just a cub.
Shere Khan: [shows his scars] Does my face not remind you of what a grown man can do?
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Shere Khan: Shift your hunting ground for a few years and everyone forgets how the law works. Well, let me remind you. A man-cub becomes man, and man is FORBIDDEN!