# Adaptations of The Jungle Book

Filmmakers and others have made many adaptations of The Jungle Book stories by Rudyard Kipling. The stories, inspired by Kipling's life in India, were published in the 1894 The Jungle Book and its 1895 sequel, The Second Jungle Book.

## Books

* Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book, a 1959 satirical graphic novel aimed at an adult audience.
* De Junglebloem (The Jungle Flower), a 1969 Belgian comic book from the Suske en Wiske Spike and Suzy series by Willy Vandersteen.
* The Third Jungle Book, a 1992 pastiche story collection by Pamela Jekel.

## Feature films
### Mowgli stories
#### Theatrical films

* The Jungle Book (1942 film), a live-action film adaptation by United Artists. Directed by Zoltan Korda
* The Jungle Book (1967 film), animated film adaptation by Disney. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
** The Jungle Book 2 (2003), a sequel to Disney's 1967 film. Directed by Steve Trenbirth
* The Jungle Book (1994 film), Live-action adaption by MDP Worldwide and Disney, focusing more on the storyline from the second book. Hence, it is the only Disney version to depict Mowgli as an adult in the majority of the plot. Directed by Stephen Sommers
** The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997), A prequel to the 1994 film from MDP Worldwide/TriStar Pictures that adapts the first book. Directed by Dee McLachlan
* The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998), a live-action film adaptation by Disney. Directed by Nick Marck
* The Jungle Book: Search for the Lost Treasure (1998), a live-action film adaptation by Multicom. Directed by Michael McGreevey
* Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998), a live-action film adaptation by Wolfcrest Entertainment, Franklin/Waterman Worldwide, and Alliance Entertainment. Directed by Brent Loefke, David Briggs, Michael McGreevey, John Blizek, Timothy Scott Bogart, & William Tannen
* The Jungle Book (2016 film), Disney's third live-action remake of the 1967 animated film. Directed by Jon Favreau
* Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), a live-action film adaptation by Netflix/Warner Bros. Directed by Andy Serkis.

#### Direct-to-video films

* Adventures of Mowgli, five Soviet animated film adaptations, originally released between 1967 and 1971.
* Jungle Book (1990), animated film from Golden Films.
* The Jungle Book (1992), animated film from Bevanfield Films.
* Jungle Book (1995), animated film from Jetlag Productions.
* The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998), Disney's second live-action remake of the book and the first one solely produced by them, in which many of the plot elements are changed.

### Other stories

* Elephant Boy (1937), based on the story "Toomai of the Elephants".
* Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975), based on the story of the same name.

## Television
### Mowgli stories

* Mowgli's Brothers (1976), a made for TV animated film based on story of same name by Chuck Jones.
* Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (1989–90), a 1989 Japanese anime series, later dubbed into several languages.
* TaleSpin, a spin-off of the 1967 animated film.
* Jungle Cubs, another spin-off of the 1967 animated film.
* Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book, a 1998 live-action TV series.
* The Jungle Book (2010 TV series), a CGI animated series.

### Other stories

* The White Seal (1975), an animated television film based on the story of the same name, by Chuck Jones.
* Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975), an animated television film based on the story of the same name, by Chuck Jones.

## Theatre

* The Jungle Book, a musical adaptation by Ephraim Sidon, first staged in 1996
* A dzsungel könyve (English: The Jungle Book) (1996), a Hungarian musical.

## Other

* The Jungle Book (Disney franchise)
** The Jungle Book (soundtrack), from the 1967 film.
** The Jungle Book (video game), a 1994 adaptation of the 1967 film.
** The Jungle Book Groove Party, a 2000 dance video game.
** The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic, a 2016 amusement ride.
* The Jungle Book, an EP by That Handsome Devil, consisting of covers of songs from the 1967 film.