Disney Releases The Jungle Book Trailer for Live-Action Remake of 1967 Animated Film. The trailer was aired during Super Bowl 50. The film, due out April 15, features Bill Murray as Baloo the bear, Christopher Walken as King Louie the orangutan and Ben Kingsley as Bagheera the panther. Joining an A-list voice cast are Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Lupita Nyongo as Raksha and Giancarlo Esposito as Akela.Jon Favreau is directing this latest fancyful adaptation of Rudyard Kiplings classic books. Newcomer Neel Sethi, an Indian American child artist stars as Mowgli and is gathering attention already. If this movie is not awaited, what else could be.