‘Jungle Book’ director Jon Favreau talks about his inspiration for the Disney film

CHICAGO — Funny thing about the upcoming live-action version of “The Jungle Book.” The only thing in it that is actually “live” is the boy Mowgli, played by preteen actor Neel Sethi. But the animals — the wolf pack that raises Mowgli as one of its own, the black panther who serves as a godfather of…