'The Jungle Book' Director Jon Favreau Grabs PETA US Award For CGI Animal Cast

Even before The Jungle Book hits the screens, the film’s director Jon Favreau is getting recognised for his latest film. Favreau was honoured with Innovation in Film Award from People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for digitally creating the literary characters such as Baloo the bear and Shere Khan the tiger, instead of employing real animals.

The Iron Man director, who used advanced computer-generated imagery (CGI), said, ''It's amazing what they can do with fur and live-flesh animals, and so every day I go into work it's astounding what these visual effects artists accomplish.'"

The film has a stellar cast in supporting roles including Idris Elba who will voice the tiger, Shere Khan, with Ben Kingsley as the black panther, Bagheera and Bill Murray as Baloo. Favreau's retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic story hits cinemas in India on April 8.