'The Jungle Book': Bill Murray Thinks Kipling is 'Quite a Guy'

Neel Sethi is Mowgli in The Jungle Book.

If Bill Murray says you're quite a guy, you're quite a guy.

We're talking about you, Rudyard Kipling.

Murray, who provides the voice of Baloo in director Jon Favreau's upcoming live-action reboot of The Jungle Book, shares his admiration for the author of the original story in a new featurette from Disney.  The video looks at the legacy of The Jungle Book, including the 1967 animated film, shining a spotlight on Favreau as well as Murray's castmates Ben Kingsley (Bagheera), Scarlett Johansson (Kaa), Idris Elba (Shere Khan) and Lupita Nyong'o (Raksha),

Disney also released two new clips from the film:

The Jungle Book opens in the U.S. on April 15th. 

By Tim Callaway