Disney Jungle facts
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The Lion King was originally called “King of the Jungle”... until the Disney team remembered that lions don’t live in the jungle.
The Lion King (originally titled King of the Jungle) resembles the Japanese anime “The Jungle Emperor” about a lion named Kimba as he matures and becomes king, but Disney never gave credit to Kimba’s creator. Matthew Broderick thought they were connected when he signed to be the voice of Simba.
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The Disney animated Jungle Book character, King Louie, is an Orangutan but in the live action version they changed him to a Gigantopithecus. Although extinct they once lived in forest throughout India, which avoids the movie perpetuating a geographic fallacy.
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The four vultures in Disney's The Jungle Book were both designed after and originally supposed to be voiced by The Beatles.
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After a child was tragically killed by an alligator in 2016 at Disney World, all gator references in the park were removed, including the 50 year old joke from the Jungle Cruise: “Remember, folks, if you don’t watch your children, the crocodiles will!"
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Louis Prima's widow sued Disney because Jim Cummings did too good of an impression of her late husband's distinctive voice when voicing King Louie in Jungle Book spin-offs. Because of this, King Louie was left out of the direct-to-video Jungle Book 2 and other Disney media for years.
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Bill Murray's older brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, voiced Baloo in 1998 Disney film "The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story". 18 years later Bill voices same character in 2016 remake.
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Disney is working on a remake of The Jungle Book, with the vocal cast including Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, and Christopher Walken.
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Disney movie Jungle 2 Jungle is a remake of a French movie, Un indien dans la ville
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The Beatles were supposed to play the vultures in Disney's The Jungle Book
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Disney considered casting Louis Armstrong for the voice of King Louie the Orangutan in "The Jungle Book" but decided not to in order to avoid potential controversy over casting a black man as an ape
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In Disney's animated "Tarzan", instead of hanging himself in jungle vines, Clayton originally gets stuck in a fire, causing him to shoot himself.
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Phil Harris voiced not only Baloo from The Jungle Book, but also Thomas O'Malley from The Aristocats and Little John from Disney's Robin Hood
Disney mimics many of their own dance scenes in several movies including Snow White, Robin Hood, The Aristocats, and The Jungle Book - source
The Lion King" isn´t a Disney original story but a plagiarism of the Osamu Tezuka manga "Jungle Taitei", published between 1950 and 1953 - source
In the Disney adaptation of the Jungle book, Bruce Reitherman who played Christopher Robins in the original Winnie the Pooh, played Mowgli; and Sterling Price Holloway Jr. Who Played Winnie the Pooh in the original Winnie the Pooh, played Kaa
The vultures in Disney's Jungle Book were "based on The Beatles, with moptop haircuts and Liverpudlian accents, and would be voiced by the band, which did not come into fruition due to problems with their schedule." - source
The Beatles were supposed to be in The Jungle Book (1967) as voices for the vultures. However, John Lennon was opposed to the idea and told Disney they should hire Elvis Presley instead.
Warner Bros is making a competing movie against Disney's "The Jungle Book". It's called... "Jungle Book"
There are currently two jungle book films being made with excellent casts. One is being created by Andy Serkis, and the other is by Disney.
Aladdin (Aladdin) , Kacoum (Pocahontas), Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), Mowgli (The Jungle Book), and Phil (Hercules) are the only Disney men that don't have nipples.
In the original "Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling, the python Kaa was one of Mowgli's friends and his wisest mentor. All Disney portrayals show Kaa as a villain because Walt Disney found it hard to believe that a snake could be received by audiences as anything but an antagonist.
