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If it was a hit once or twice, so it can be a hit again, right?

Ron Howard is in talks to direct and produce Warner Bros.' live-action take on The Jungle Book.

Howard is poised to take the reins a month after Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel) fell off the project due to scheduling conflicts. ...

With Howard in place, Warner Bros. is able to keep pace with Disney, which has its own live-action adaptation in the works with Jon Favreau at the helm. Disney also made the 1967 animated classic The Jungle Book. ...

The great thing about stories and books in the Public Domain? You don't have to pay any money for them!

The terrible thing about stories and books in the public domain? Any rum dumb (and his cousin) can make movies from them.
So may the best conglomerate win!