Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Disney and director Jon Favreau’s epic ...

Artists have used mixed media with great success to push the boundaries of art. Picasso's use of collage, for instance, helped develop methods of expression in Cubism. In an effort to push book ...

A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. LOS ANGELES -- At some point in the future, filmmakers will be able to create CG worlds, ...

The first thing to know about the upcoming “The Jungle Book” production at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is that it is not a remake of the Disney animated film. This is original — in ...

It may be a jungle out there for Mowgli. But at least he can run around in style. That little red loincloth he's wearing in "The Jungle Book" is made with fine Italian cloth. In dressing the young boy ...

When director Jon Favreau wanted to update the original Disney songs for his live-action Jungle Book, he brought in the big guns: legendary songwriter Richard Sherman. Sherman was called in to make ...

Go behind the scenes of the Disney films to learn tricks of the trade. — -- During movie awards season, a lot of attention is given to the Oscar-nominated actors and directors. But what about the ...

Advances in technology come fast these days. In cinema, it seems every few years brings new innovations either to the art of filmmaking or the way we consume movies. Yet certain moments stand out as ...

The second question has been more than answered. Disney made it work by assembling a huge team of very talented people focused on making an audience believe that animals can talk, surrounding these ...

POPULAR MECHANICS: How much did you know about the technology available going into remaking The Jungle Book? JON FAVREAU: I've been slowly indoctrinated into being comfortable with visual effects.