With some updates and tweaks, Modern Theatricals’ production of “The Jungle Book” is back at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts after last year’s debut. It’s not the story you probably ...

Thomas Derrah (left) as Kaa, the python, in the Huntington Theatre Company's 2013 production of "The Jungle Book." (Courtesy of Liz Lauren) This article is more than 7 years old.

Johansson is in earlier stages of talks to voice the character of Kaa, the python who eats other animals by hypnotizing them. Kaa is the movie’s second villain after Shere Khan, the man-eating ...

Robyn Mitchell, plays the head of "Kaa" (that is a BIG python), with wonderful menace. Eugene Fleming, as the antagonist "Shere Khan", probably has one of the best voices for his part, and is ...

Join Mowgli, Baloo, and Bagheera on their adventures in this tale of friendship, loyalty, and courage as they outsmart monkeys, elephants, Kaa the python, and finally Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger!

Nyong’o, 31, will play Rakcha, the mother wolf who adopts Mowgli, with Elba, 41, as the villainous tiger Shere Khan, while Johansson, 29, will reportedly slither into the role of Kaa the python.

Bill Murray will reportedly voice Baloo the bear, joining Christopher Walken (King Louie), Ben Kingsley (Bagheera the panther), Lupita Nyong'o (Raksha the mother wolf), Scarlett Johansson (Kaa the ...