Mowgli was an interesting project from the get-go. Before its name change, it was known as Jungle Book Origins, and it was set to be yet another take on the Rudyard Kipling novel, which told the story of a young boy raised by wolves in the jungle. The interesting thing was that it was originally slated to come out roughly a year after the Disney live-action film The Jungle Book, and therefore always felt a bit redundant.

After facing some delays, we finally got a trailer for the project, and while it stood out as a very different take, it wasn’t entirely clear if that was a good thing. Stylistically, it looked darker and relatively interesting, but there was something about the way the animal characters were animated that felt…off. Could Warner Bros. really expect to outdo Disney with it?

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Apparently not…Now, TheWrap is reporting that Netflix has nabbed the worldwide rights to the Andy Serkis-directed film. The outlet goes on to state that the film will retain its October 19 release date later this year, but personally, I’m not sure this is a good thing for the movie.

Over the past year or so, Netflix has worked hard to build up their library of films, and while they’ve managed to do amazing things with a ridiculous number of films, they aren’t always the strongest. Without a doubt, they tend to go more for quantity than quality, and aren’t above buying out movies when other studios lose interest. Case-in-point: The Cloverfield Paradox, a film that was seemingly dropped by Paramount when they found out it was a dud.

Is Mowgli a similar instance of Warner Bros. dropping a film because of its low quality, and will it actually retain that October 19 release date, or hop onto the streaming service later this year? We’ll be here to let you know when we know more!

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SOURCE: TheWrap