Bill Murray will be Baloo in the new version of "The Jungle Book"

Bill Murray

The one who was one of "Ghostbusters" in the 80s, Bill Murray, will voice Baloo in Disney's remake of "The Jungle Book."

57 years have passed since Disney will bring to the big screen in the form of animation this classic of Rudyard Kipling and now he intends to bring the story back to the cinema, although this time in live action.

Bill Murray thus joins other actors already confirmed for the film such as Neel sethi, who will give life to Mowgli, Scarlett Johansson, who will give voice to Kaa, Idris Elba, voice of Shere Khan, Christopher Walken, who will be the voice of King Louie, Giancarlo Esposito, voiced by Akela, the recently awarded Oscar Lupita Nyiong'o, which will be the voice of Rakcha or also the winner of the Academy Award Ben Kingsley, which will be Bagheera's voice.

The film will be directed by Jon Favreau, who recently released his latest work "Chef", and will feature a script by Justin Marks, who was in charge of the script for "Street Fighter: The Legend."

This is not the only adaptation of «The book of the jungle"Which is being prepared at the moment, as Andy Serkis is preparing another for Warner Bros. under the title" The Jungle Book: Origins. "