Ron Howard, possible future Jungle Book page-turner.
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The bare necessities for making a movie include a director, so when Alejandro González IñarrÃtu stepped down from directing a live-action version of The Jungle Book, Warner Bros. needed to find a replacement. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Ron Howard is in talks to be that replacement. This is not to be confused with the Jon Favreau–directed live-action Jungle Book movie Disney is making. We’ll take two Jungle Book movies, if it means more versions of “I Wanna Be Like You.†If not, what’s even the point of living.