The Jungle Book is a 2016 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Jon Favreau. It is a live-action/CGI remake of Walt Disney's 1967 animated feature film of the same title, based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous collective works. The film follows Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, who is forced to flee the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. With the help of his animal guardians, the panther Bagheera and the bear Baloo, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery.