Bill Murray is gonna be Baloo

[Kevin Hamilton]

www.cinemablend.com/new/Bill-Murray-Cast-Baloo-Jungle-Book-66576.html

You never really know when or where Bill Murray might turn up. Unless it's a Wes Anderson movie, in which case, there's a pretty good chance. But The Jungle Book isn't a Wes Anderson movie, it's a Disney movie directed by Jon Favreau, and Bill Murray is voicing the role of Baloo. Murray joins a top-notch cast of voices that already includes Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Ben Kingsley, Lupita Nyong'o, Idris Elba,and Scarlett Johansson, the latter of whom starred alongside Murray in Lost in Translation.

Awesome.

[Michael Coello]

I can see that. Good casting there.

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I see it as well. Hell, as much as everyone hates on it, he was PERFECT as Garfield

[Kevin Hamilton]

That's primarily because Lorenzo Music was pretty much doing a Murray impression in the old cartoons anyway.

[A Platypus Rave]

Aug 2, 2014 11:07:52 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

That's primarily because Lorenzo Music was pretty much doing a Murray impression in the old cartoons anyway.

Yep, so much so it eventually cost Lorenzo his job on the Real Ghostbusters

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Came in hoping this would be a Talespin movie.


Darn

[The Ichi]

That's a good choice. Christopher Walken as King Louie is even better.

Just...please, don't be another origin story.

[Crimson]

Aug 2, 2014 15:28:37 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

That's a good choice. Christopher Walken as King Louie is even better.

King Louie is going to being in this movie? So does that mean Disney finally kissed and made up with Louis Prima's family?

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Aug 2, 2014 15:03:37 GMT -5 @fsinfan said:

Came in hoping this would be a Talespin movie.


Darn

Damn, Max Charles (The Neighbors) would have been a perfect Kit.

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Aug 2, 2014 13:37:51 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Aug 2, 2014 11:07:52 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

That's primarily because Lorenzo Music was pretty much doing a Murray impression in the old cartoons anyway.

Yep, so much so it eventually cost Lorenzo his job on the Real Ghostbusters

Wait........I know he left the series (replaced by Dave Coulier), but something specific COST him the job?

[A Platypus Rave]

From what I remember it stemmed from Murray asking why he sounded like Garfield.

[Deleted]

Works for me!

But damn, I'm going to have a hard time getting used to a King Louie that isn't Prima.

[Mozenrath]

"Am I Baloo? Am I Baloo? Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you?"

[OriasPool]

Loved the toon growing up, I'll def see this.

[Deleted]

Can't be worse than Garfield.

I should note that I love this casting and I love Bill Murray.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Aug 2, 2014 23:15:48 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

"Am I Baloo? Am I Baloo? Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you?"

Well, now I want Kevin Conroy to do it.