The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book 2016 Pre - production and production Director of the film Jon Favreau Screenplay writer Justin Marks Actors Bill Murray as Baloo Ben Kingsley as Bagheera Idris Elba as Shere Khan Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha Scarlett Johansson as Kaa Cost to make $175 million Technology used Photorealistic rendering, computer generated imagery, motion capture technologies. Promotional events to help market The Jungle Book Disney made concerted efforts to promote the film to male audience. Trailers aired on TV sports networks like ESPN and highlighted that the film came from the same studio that made the Pirates of the Caribbean series, rather then Cinderella. An extended 3D trailer was also played at screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.