The big cat was the perfect balance to Baloo's extrovert personality. The narrative of The Jungle Book centers around Mowgli, so it was important that the film has a great character in him.

Living among the wolves in the jungle ... Mowgli gets tangled up in a series of encounters with a sly snake named Kaa, a swimmingly ruthless gigantopithecus named King Louie and a lazy bear named ...

Disney-owned preschool channel BabyTV is launching an adaptation of The Jungle Book in a new series aimed at 2-4s. Slated for release next week, Jungle Book (30×7’) is set in Baloo’s Forest School, ...