VIDEO: Sir Ben Kingsley Says Disney's JUNGLE BOOK Brings Us 'Right Back to the Book'

Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley supplies THE VOICE of Bagheera, a panther who mentors the boy Mowgli, in the upcoming reboot of the Disney classic THE JUNGLE BOOK. The actor stopped by NBC's TODAY and shared that director Jon Favreau "brought us right back to the book" in his adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling classic: "It's a study of the possible triumph of childhood." Watch the appearance below!

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