The Jungle Book 2
Short description
Mowgli now resides in a human village with his friend Shanti and stepbrother Ranjan. Despite his new life, he longs for the jungle and his old companions, Baloo and Bagheera. When he returns to the wild, he must navigate the dangers of the forest while being hunted by Shere Khan, a tiger seeking revenge.
Directed by Steve Trenbirth, this was the first of two films he directed, followed by A Chuck E. Cheese Christmas in 2025. The animated family adventure features the voices of Haley Joel Osment, John Goodman, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk, Bob Joles, and Tony Jay. Produced by DisneyToon Studios, the film had a budget of 20 million USD and earned 136 million USD worldwide.
The movie received mixed reactions from viewers and critics. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 5.4/10 based on 19,000 votes, while on TMDB it has a score of 5.9/10 from 1,222 votes. These audience scores are slightly higher than the rating from film critics, which stands at 4.5/10 from 89 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- The character of King Louie the orangutan did not appear in the sequel because the studio would have had to pay a certain amount to the heirs of Louis Prima, who voiced him in the original 1967 film. With the exception of King Louie the orangutan, Winifred the elephant, and the wolves who raised Mowgli, all of the other characters also appear in the sequel.
- Initially, the release of the cartoon, like many other modern Disney sequels, was planned for direct-to-DVD release.
- At one time, work was planned on an animated film, "The Jungle Book 3," in which Baloo and Shere Khan would capture and sell someone to Russia. Mowgli and his friends would have to come to their rescue, and being in captivity would completely change Shere Khan. In this project, Shere Khan would have been voiced not by Tony Jay, but by Corey Burton. However, the idea of sequels was abandoned when John Lasseter became one of the leaders of Disney and Pixar, and the film's box office receipts were lower than expected.
- Kaa the snake became the second Disney character to be initially voiced by Sterling Holloway and then, many years later, by Jim Cummings. A similar replacement previously occurred with Winnie the Pooh.
- John Goodman recorded his voiceover for Baloo in New Orleans, while Haley Joel Osment voiced Mowgli while in California.
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