Editing Mowgli (section)

==Films, television and radio==
* [[Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book|The 1942 film version]] starred [[Sabu Dastagir|Sabu]] as Mowgli.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Anu |title=Sabu Dastagir, the actor who crossed over to Hollywood on the back of an elephant |url=https://scroll.in/reel/802571/sabu-dastagir-the-actor-who-crossed-over-to-hollywood-on-the-back-of-an-elephant |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Scroll.in |date=27 January 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|Disney's 1967 animated musical film version]], where he is voiced by [[Bruce Reitherman]], son of the film's director [[Wolfgang Reitherman]] (David Bailey was originally cast in the role, but his voice changed during production, leading Bailey to not fit the "young innocence of Mowgli's character" at which the producers were aiming),<ref>{{cite video|people=[[Bruce Reitherman]]|title=The Jungle Book [[audio commentary]]|date=2007}} The Jungle Book, Platinum Edition, Disc 1</ref> and its sequel, ''[[The Jungle Book 2]]'' (2003), in which Mowgli is voiced by [[Haley Joel Osment]] ([[Jake Thomas]] auditioned for the role prior to Osment's casting).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120281829/quick-takes/ |title=Quick takes |last=Johnson |first=Walter |newspaper=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |location=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |date=November 19, 1999 |page=79}}</ref>  On three special animated segments for the VHS releases of the ''[[Jungle Cubs]]'' (1996-1998) animated TV series, Mowgli is voiced by Tyler Mullen. In the 2023 short ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]'' Mowgli's singing voice is provided by Phoenix Reisser.[[File:MaugliStamp.JPG|thumb|right|Heroes of the Soviet animation film on a postal stamp of Russia.]]
* Around the same time – from 1967 to 1971 – five Russian short animated films were made by [[Soyuzmultfilm]], collectively known as ''[[Adventures of Mowgli]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Patrick |date=2016-04-25 |title=We don't wanna be like you: how Soviet Russia made its own, darker Jungle Book |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/18/we-dont-wanna-be-like-you-how-soviet-russia-made-its-own-darker/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
* Of all the various adaptations, [[Chuck Jones]]'s 1977 animated TV short ''Mowgli's Brothers'', adapting the first story in ''The Jungle Book'', may be the one that adheres most closely to the original plot and dialogue.<ref>{{Cite web |title='The Jungle Book' is the king of Disney animated movies |date=26 March 2019 |url=https://umlconnector.com/2019/03/the-jungle-book-is-the-king-of-disney-animated-movies/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* There has also been a Japanese animated TV series ''[[Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli]]'' (where Mowgli is voiced by [[Urara Takano]] in the Japanese and [[Julian Bailey (actor)|Julian Bailey]] in the English Dub) based on the Mowgli series and the U.S. live-action series ''[[Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book]]'' (where Mowgli is portrayed by Sean Price McConnell).
* There was also a BBC radio adaptation in 1994, starring actress [[Nisha K. Nayar]] as Mowgli, [[Freddie Jones]] as Baloo and [[Eartha Kitt]] as Kaa. It originally aired on BBC Radio 5 (before it became BBC Radio 5 Live and dropped its children's programming). Subsequently, it has been released on audio cassette and has been re-run a number of times on digital radio channel BBC 7 (now [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]]).
* ''[[Classics Illustrated]]'' #83 (1951) contains an adaptation of three Mowgli stories.
* Between 1953 and 1955 [[Dell Comics]] featured adaptations of six Mowgli stories in three issues (#487, #582 and #620).<ref name="p-synd">{{cite web|url=http://www.p-synd.com/wild/jbcomic1-big.jpg|title=Image: jbcomic1-big.jpg, (722 × 1014 px)|publisher=p-synd.com|access-date=2015-09-04}}</ref><ref name="p-synd2">{{cite web|url=http://www.p-synd.com/wild/jbcomic2-big.jpg|title=Image: jbcomic2-big.jpg, (785 × 1110 px)|publisher=p-synd.com|access-date=2015-09-04}}</ref><ref name="p-synd3">{{cite web|url=http://www.p-synd.com/wild/jbcomic3-big.jpg|title=Image: jbcomic3-big.jpg, (783 × 1100 px)|publisher=p-synd.com|access-date=2015-09-04}}</ref>
* Some issues of ''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' feature adaptations of the Mowgli stories by [[Gil Kane]]. These later were collected as an omnibus volume.
* A 1978 live-action sketch titled ''The Wonderful World of Ernie'' from ''[[Morecambe and Wise]]'' which parodied "[[I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)]]". Danny Rolnick played Mowgli using a full costume, although lip-synching to [[Bruce Reitherman]]'s original recorded dialogue in the middle of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nDKP4rEIU|title=Morecambe&Wise - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You - Disney spoof|website=YouTube|date=December 14, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>
* A 1994 live-action Disney adaptation titled [[The Jungle Book (1994 film)|''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book'']], directed by [[Stephen Sommers]], which starred [[Jason Scott Lee]] as Mowgli. He was also played by Sean Naegeli as a young child at the beginning of the story.
* [[P. Craig Russell]]'s ''Jungle Book Stories'' (1997) collects three stories, actually adapted from ''[[The Second Jungle Book]]'', which originally appeared between 1985 and 1996.
* A 1997 live-action [[direct-to-video]] film ''[[The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo]]'', which starred Jamie Williams as Mowgli. In this story, the character has no spoken dialogue. 
* In the 1998 live-action Disney adaptation ''[[The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story]]'', he was played by [[Brandon Baker]]. Ryan Taylor also plays a younger version of the character at the beginning of the story. [[Fred Savage]] narrates the story off-screen as an adult version of the character.
* A 1998 live-action [[television film]] titled ''The Jungle Book: Search for the Lost Treasure'', which starred Antonio Baker as Mowgli.
* A [[The Jungle Book (2010 TV series)|2010 CGI animated TV series]] made by DQ Entertainment International where Mowgli was voiced by [[Emma Tate (actress)|Emma Tate]] (seasons 1-2) and [[Sarah Natochenny]] (season 3).
* A [[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|2016 live-action/CGI hybrid remake]] of Disney's animated version of ''The Jungle Book'' directed by [[Jon Favreau]], which starred newcomer [[Neel Sethi]] as Mowgli. Kendrick Reyes also played Mowgli as a toddler during a flashback sequence narrated by [[Kaa]] the python. In 2018, Sethi confirmed that he would reprise the role in an upcoming sequel to the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hamad |first=Marwa |title='Jungle Book' actor Neel Sethi eyes superhero films |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/hollywood/jungle-book-actor-neel-sethi-eyes-superhero-films-1.2290732 |website=Gulf News |access-date=November 30, 2019 |date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207043302/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/hollywood/jungle-book-actor-neel-sethi-eyes-superhero-films-1.2290732 |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* A 2018 live-action adaptation titled ''[[Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle]]'', directed by [[Andy Serkis]], which starred [[Rohan Chand]] as Mowgli.<ref name=eight-cast>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett Join 'Jungle Book: Origins'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christian-bale-cate-blanchett-join-726475|access-date=14 September 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>
* A 2024 live-action [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Independent film|independent]] [[short film]] titled ''Mi Hermano Lobo (My Brother Wolf)'' written and directed by Rafael Jaime and based on his 2020 [[memoir]] of the same name, which starred 13-year-old newcomer Héctor Mateo García Díaz Infante as Mowgli.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zorrilla-Abascal |first=María Luisa|title=My Brother Wolf: A Jungle Journey Through Acceptance and Freedom|url=https://miniboxoffice.com/childrens-nature-wildlife-film-festival/spotlight-cinema-detail.php?id=OTU= |website=Children's, Science, Nature & Wildlife Film Fest-25 |access-date=March 6, 2025 |date=March 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3D3PRcMrY|title=Mi Hermano Lobo (2024) - Cortometraje Completo (Subtitulado)|website=YouTube|date=December 3, 2024|access-date=December 6, 2024}}</ref> Jaime envisioned Mowgli with an athletic, lean and handsome physical appearance which was based both on Disney's animated version of the character created in 1967 as well as [[France|French]] [[illustrator]] Marcel Laverdet's depiction of the character for a 1999 abridged edition of [[The Jungle Book|the original 1894 novel]].<ref>{{Cite AV media| title = Parte 6: Cosas que Jamás Soñaste Ver: Las Inspiraciones| access-date = 2024-12-13| date = 2024-12-03| time = 7:43| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upcmHcthaOc&list=PLUPXHzcA62bSq5atei7wcJrl5n854nuR8&index=7}}</ref>  His warm and kind-hearted personality was based on his first childhood friend, Miguel<ref>{{Cite AV media| title = Parte 3: Sentirse Libre por Primera Vez: Campamentos de Verano y 'El Libro de la Selva' en el Escultismo| access-date = 2024-12-13| date = 2024-12-03| time = 0:55| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSz30COGFfs&list=PLUPXHzcA62bSq5atei7wcJrl5n854nuR8&index=4}}</ref> as well as [[Matthew Labyorteaux]]'s performance as [[List of Little House on the Prairie characters#The Ingalls family|Albert Quinn Ingalls]]<ref name="Matthew Labyorteaux Biography">{{cite web |title=Matthew Labyorteaux |website=Biography.com |url=http://www.biography.com/people/matthew-labyorteaux |access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> on ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' from 1978 to 1983, [[Noah Hathaway]]'s performance as [[List of The Neverending Story characters#Atreyu|Atreyu]] in ''[[The NeverEnding Story (film)|The NeverEnding Story]]'' (1984) and [[Jeremy Sumpter]]'s performance as [[Peter Pan]] in ''[[Peter Pan (2003 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (2003).<ref>{{Cite AV media| title = Parte 8: Inocencia, Libertad y Camaradería: Los Personajes)| access-date = 2024-12-13| date = 2024-12-03| time = 4:06| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myA_jMljr1w&list=PLUPXHzcA62bSq5atei7wcJrl5n854nuR8&index=9}}</ref>   The character also sings a [[lullaby]] titled ''Brave Angel'' (A cover version of ''[[Beautiful Dreamer]]'').<ref>{{Cite AV media| title = Mi Hermano Lobo (2024) - Cortometraje Completo (Subtitulado)| access-date = 2024-12-06| date = 2024-12-03| time = 24:07| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3D3PRcMrY}}</ref> The short film was released on [[YouTube]] on December 3, 2024 (the [[United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Medina |first=Malú |title=Mi hermano lobo: Un documental sobre la obtención de la libertad |url=https://www.lajornadamorelos.mx/sociedad/mi-hermano-lobo-un-documental-sobre-la-obtencion-de-la-libertad/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHDKNdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZTSz2suUQZ9bkhvnJ6DddB9UAmvvc3hhITM7QTkdRkdqiJw7Usu9ekvXQ_aem_rIfsVYmX_MTte5jr1XFL6A |website=La Jornada Morelos |access-date=December 8, 2024 |date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/rafael.jaime.7549/posts/pfbid0PCQRkpiMHQhmLs9QcgwTEiecxcx27tMHVUws3MazaqN8W8hZd9wNVVBYDhQTftQ9l|title=Mi Hermano Lobo (Cortometraje)|website=Facebook|date=December 4, 2024|access-date=December 5, 2024}}</ref>
* In 1984–1985, [[Jonathan Larson]] and Seth Goldman wrote an ultimately unproduced musical called ''Mowgli''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://infomotions.com/sandbox/liam/pages/httphdllocgovlocmusiceadmusmu011016.html|title = Jonathan Larson Papers}}</ref>