Watch the first trailer for Mowgli, an upcoming 2018 adventure fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis and starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto and Rohan Chand. In theaters October 19.

“The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli, raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own. All but one: the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins.”