‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Brings Back All Four High School Kids For Another Game
Jumanji: Welcome to the Junglewas a surprisingly huge hit at the box office from the end of 2017 and into 2018. The half-sequel, half-rebootraked in over $962 millionat the global box office, so another film was inevitable. But it wouldn’t be a proper sequel without a key part of the original cast, and for some reason their deals didn’t close until this week.Jumanji 2(orJumanji 3for those keeping the real count) will arrive at the end of the year. While we don’t know how the sequel will follow up the last film, we now know thatAlex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Ser’Darius Blain, andMorgan Turnerwill be back as high school kids who got trapped in the video game version of the troublesome board game.The Hollywood Reporterhas word on the quartet of high school students returning for theJumanjisequel. Their roles in the original were mostly bookends, but that didn’t make their performances any less important. Each of their personalities acted as inspiration for the video game avatars played byDwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin HartandKaren Gillan. It’s surprising that their official addition to the cast is coming so late, but that likely means their screentime will still be limited.
As for the rest of theJumanjisequel cast,Awkwafina(Crazy Rich Asians),Danny DeVito(It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) andDanny Glover(Lethal Weapon) have all joined the film. However, we don’t know anything about their characters. In fact, we don’t even have a basic logline for theJumanjisequel, so we’re not even sure how the game will be utilized this time. But wouldn’t it be cool if the avatars somehow got brought into the real world this time?
The big question is whetherJumanji 3will be anywhere near as successful as its predecessor. The movie was a surprise win for Sony Pictures, becoming one of their biggest box office hits ever. That’s a tall order forJumanji 3to measure up to, but since it was such a crowdpleasing action adventure for the whole family, there’s a good chance plenty will turn out for the sequel. You might thinkStar Wars: Episode 9could pose a threat. But don’t forget thatJumanji: Welcome to the Junglehad to contend withStar Wars: The Last Jediin 2017, soJumanji 3should be just fine..
Jake Kasdanwill be back behind the camera as director, and the script will again be written byScott RosenbergandJeff Pinkner. Last time Jake Kasdan also helped out with the script, so he’ll likely be doing the same this time around.Jumanji 3hits theaters onDecember 13, 2019.
