Comedy king Bill Murray has reportedly joined the voice cast of Disney’s upcoming live-action/CG reboot of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, playing Mowgli’s best bud Baloo. The film is due out in 3D and standard theaters 9 October, 2015 and is directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Marks.
Murray joins previously announced cast members Christopher Walken (King Louie), Giancarlo Esposito (Akela), Ben Kingsley (Bagheera), Lupita Nyong’o (Raksha), Idris Elba (Shere Khan), Scarlett Johansson (Kaa) and freshman child actor Neel Sethi as Mowgli.