Washington: Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett have joined the cast of upcoming Warner Bros. film 'Jungle Book: Origins.'


Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett

The project, which would be helmed by Andy Serkis, now stars Bale, Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan along with Benedict Cumberbatch as the animal characters, while young actor Rohan Chand plays the human boy Mowgli, the Hollywood Reporter reported.