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young newcomer neil settee's action shots were put to the test as mowgli. those plants and animals were added later by computer. >> i wasn't acting by myself. >> cut! >> all the crew was there, everybody was supporting me. and there were puppets there that helped me. >> some classic scen from disney's 1967 animated feature aae reimagined. llke this frightening tiger attack. but watch how director j fabr the scaren him. >> when he was singinsquirted h they animated ballew. >> andhenever needed an energy boost, didn't feed him sugar, they fed him bruno mars. >> there was some up town funk and we always had it ready, so if he ever ran out of energy, we would blast out up town funk >> and he would dance and get back into the scene. >> and cut. there, we got it >> i know what you are. >> some a-list actors added voices, scarlet johansen as the kaaa the snake. bill murray is ballew the bear. >> what's that? >> that's a song about the good life. >> peter played the wolf that adoots mowgli. >> how did you connect with her? >> i definitely channelled my mother who w

in hollywood, george pennacchio for abc news. >> my goodness, how cute is mowgli? neel sethi?ble. >> he's very cute. >> i can't wait to watch that. >> i think we're forgetting one thing. >> disney is the parent company of abc news. >> i love that. >> yes, we have to say that. >>> but yeah, he's a cute little kid. >> adorable. >> he loves being famous. >> don't miss our updates, folks on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> coming up more news from abc >>> making news in america this morning, winning in wisconsin. ted cruz complicating donald trump's path to the nomination and bernie sanders extending his streak with another victory as hillary clinton setting her sights on trump. >> i wish he'd get out of one of his towers and actually walk the streets. >> the primary move prove be to go a game changer with the highlights and analysis. >>> fast-moving wildfires and the rescue caught on camera. more spring snow on the move and record-breaking cold settling in. >>> caught on camera, a driver refusing to stop for police when he suddenly loses control. >>> and fourpeat, the connecticut husk

>> run, mowgli! reporter: and you pretty much were acting on your own.how much make-believe did you have to do? neil: a lot. without an imagination, i don't think you could do this. you are talking to puppets. you have to imagine it is a big bear. reporter: did you have to have special training? neil: i had to do some parkour. it's running and jumping safely. if there is a log, you have to jump over it quickly, keep going, keep running. if there are tigers behind you, there would be a person behind me. they were like, ok, you have to act like i'm chasing you. i would do that. that's basically the same thing they did on set, too. it was like a guy in a blue mesh suit, and they would make that into an animal. reporter: you spend a lot of your film -- of the film in the underwear. what was that like? neil: it was a little cold sometimes, but it was very good. reporter: were there moments in the film where you were scared? neil: when i watched it, sometimes i was like,, whoa. but when i was filming, i was doing it. when you watch a scary movie, it's just a m

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aaagh. >> run, mowgli. >> action. >> reporter: 12-year-old sethi in his very first anging role is theliterally wanted me to do a couple lines and i had to play imaginary tennis and showed a karate move and said i don't need no stunt double and they really started laughing. >> reporter: the film boasts an all-star voice cast including idris elba, sir ben kingsley, lupita nyong'o, scarlett johansson and bill murray as baloo the bear. >> what's that? >> that's a song about the good life. >> have you auditioned for any other roles? >> yeah, i have some stuff in the works. >> that sounds like such a hollywood thing to say, neel. you got to give me more than that, man. >> i can't. >> you have to. >> i'm not allowed. >> reporter: for "good morning america," rachel smith, abc news, new york. >> i'm mowgli, and this is my home. >> i'll bet he's got some stuff in the works. "the jungle book" opens in theaters on friday. . and coming ♪ ♪ to the women who know what real values are, you inspire us to bring you real value every day. ♪ >>> we're back now finally with skinny vinnie and his amazing we

in this clip mowgli is leaving to go live with humans. let's take a look first. >> it's okay. matter where you go or what they may call you, you will always be my son. >> the emotion, the unmistakable voice that you have here. welcome back, lupita. >> thank you so much. >> the props went all out here. you know, such anticipation for this. why did you want to be a part of it? >> well, because, first of all, i've loved "the jungle book" since i was a child and loved the freedom mowgli had and cool friends and i loved baloo and jon favreau had this amazing vision for this new, new take on it. first of all, the new technology, but at the heart of it he wanted to create a very emotionally engaging experience and setting this first and foremost with mowgli having to leave his wolf family and knowing what that family means to him and how close and knit they were was really exciting for me. >> and that's what drew you. the family aspect of it, and speaking of that, your character, of course, is so fiercely protective of her cubs much like your mom? >> yes, very much like my mother. my

. >> mowgli, they've given it a neel sethi who is taking it all in. >> i'm feeling amazed right now. when i came in, everybody started screaming my name. and that was really cool. >> reporter: is it okay to be famous right now? >> yeah, more than okay. > have you lost your mind? >> you said you wouldn't get mad. >> isn't it wonderful the book remains in the title of every interpretation of it, "the jungle book." because it's a great piece of literature. and john has translated it sublimely well for the screen. >> you've got to figure the and i who saw it when we were kids to watch it again now in this version, it's like the movie grew up with us. >> reporter: a disney legend who worked on the original returned to help with a few songs. >> it's a great telling of the story. it's a new telling of the story. it isn't the disney version that we did 50 years ago but it's so real. it's so amazing. >> reporter: "the jungle book" in hollywood, george pennacchio for abc news. >> my goodness, how cute is mowgli? neel sethi? he is adorable. >> he's very cute. >> i can't wait to watch that. thin

and we just had one live action kid, neel sethi playing mowgli, and everything else, the animals, the >> jimmy: it's unbelievable. you watch it and totally forget that that's happening. of course, you are hearing the voices of, you know, bill murray and stuff. >> that's right. >> jimmy: and you're watching these animals talk and you go. now, that's cool how they made that bear talk. [ laughter ] there is no bear. you understand. >> that's right. >> jimmy: what is the kid acting against, a green screen? >> actually, we had jim henson studios design puppets for us. did you ever see a kid dealing with a puppet? you go on a set even for grown-up actors, if you have an x on an eyeline, it's hard to give a real performance but the minute a puppeteer comes on stage, the kid lights up. the puppeteers were all great improvisers. so we keep it fresh by keeping the performance with something live action on set. and i think you see it in the kid's face. >> jimmy: did you record the actors beforehand? >> yeah. so what we did, was i would take neel, the actor. we go to martha's vineyard and go to b

bagheera has a young recruit, mowgli. he looks after him and makes sure he will bring that boy home after any battle he goes through. he's a tough coach. he has that wonderful military streak. colonel bagheera. >> we were watching that scene, and i told you i got goose bumps. >> me, too. >> you felt the same way when you first saw the product coming together. >> mm-hmm. >> do you remember when it hit you that, as you said, this was miraculous? >> yeah. we were at comic con. he showed a stills, a five-minute clip of what you've just seen. the audience stood and cheered and screamed. we had to kneel. if we stood, the audience uldn't see it. we were kneeling in front of the elephants, as well. to see the frail child isolated in that way, surrounded by unpredictable wildness is really beautiful. it's a study of the possible triumph of childhood. >> i tot's a stunning movie. scarlett johansson, christopher walken. it's a wonderful movie. >> happy to be here. >> "the jungle book" hits theaters this friday. favorite, jason jones

mowgli. >> our parent company's disney's jungle book reboot roared to the top of the box office this weekend. taking in a whopping $104 million. >> got to check that one out. >> wow. >> made me jump back in my seat, just na one scene. rounding out the weekend's top three in second place for its debut weekend, barber shop the next cut took in just over $20 million and dropping into third place melissa mccarthy's the boss took in just over $10 million. >> there are three words, just three little words we're talking about. for so many kids, they're the three hardest to say. >> not for one particularly brave fourth grader from alabama using those three words to change minds and hearts about autism. here's abc's john done ran van. >> for most kids it takes courage to say i'm different. kudos to this fourth grader for the thing she said the other day at a school assembly in three words. >> reporter: a fact about herself that she has decided to share five years after her mom and dad were first told the diagnosis. i and like you she said but also different. >> i sometimes flap my hands when

mill city who plays young mowgli in the movie did a great job considering he's the only live action actorthe set. doing with these cgi characters. any other small roles that have live acting onset but the majority of the time it's mill city acting and puppet and blue screen. they to make it seem realistic and this is a young kid his first feature film. he did a brilliant job. the director your his work in ironman and chef and a great film maker and great work. worth seeing in 3-d. not for the young children. there are very intense sequences. it's of a jungle book he saw in 1967. it feels very realistic. i give it four and half out of five. one of the best films of the year so far. next up is criminal which could have been great the cast is amazing. , costar and gary almond great casting. but what happened is the script is terrible. the movie feels like it's missing something. it was overly convoluted and do not make sense. and i love kevin costner. but the plot line that kevin costner character is a death row inmate and they essentially implants the memories of addyi agent into his mind s

the simple bare necessities forget about your worry and your strife >> reporter: about a boy naked mowgli being raised by a pack of wolves but suddenly finds himself being hunted out of his jungle home by the vengeful tiger shere khan. >> a man becomes man and man is forbidden. >> that is unbelievable. so what better place to meet the man cub himself neel sethi in tiger mountain in new york. you feel comfortable like this because you've had interactions i mean, a tiger was chasing you in the movie, right? >> it looks like that but it really wasn't. there was no tigers, no animals, no nothing. >> no? >> no. >> ba berra, i'm not taking one more step. >> aaagh. >> action. >> reporter: 12-year-old sethi in his first anging role is the only human character to appear on screen in a film cgi environment and motion captured animals. >> what was the audition process like for you. >> they literally wanted moo he to do a couple lines and i had to play imaginary tennis and showed a karate move and said i don't need no stunt double and they started laughing. >> reporter: the film boasts an all-star vo