How does it compare to that other big-budget adaptation? Click Here! Read the full article on AICN Andy Serkis’ “Mowgli” seemed destined to be a footnote to John Favreau’s “The Jungle Book”. Favreau had Disney money and Disney songs, Favreau’s came out first, Favreau’s made a mint, and worst of all perhaps for Serkis’s film, Favreau’s movie was excellent.