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This new featurette for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle wants to take you further into the Jungle

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It’s hard to imagine anything that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in to not have big actions scenes and raised eyebrows, which pretty much sums up exactly what we can expect from the upcoming Jumanji reboot film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

This modern retelling of the 1995 classic directed by Joe Johnston and which starred the late Robin Williams as a man trapped in a board game which brings its events to life is certainly trying to bring the same magic of that film to a new generation, but with the aforementioned high-action that we’ve come to expect today thrown in as well.

This new take on the Jumanji adventure, written by Chris Mckenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner takes advantage of the current hype in video games and focuses on four teenagers (Morgan Turner, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Alex Wolff) who are sucked into Jumanji’s world – pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they’ll play as characters from the video-game that all seem to contrast their real-world personas: meek Spencer becomes a brave explorer (Dwayne Johnson); hulky jock Fridge becomes a tiny genius (Kevin Hart); It-girl Bethany becomes a bookworm professor (Jack Black), and un-athletic Martha becomes an Amazonian warrior (Karen Gillan). To beat the game and return to the real world with their lives, they’ll have to start seeing things in an entirely different way. Nick Jonas also stars in this film, though I’m not sure how his character fits into the whole story other than to gain some teen appeal.

A new featurette for the film has been released which takes us on the set of the new movie and shows us some of the efforts that have gone into making this film and its efforts to create a magical jungle world and includes thoughts from some of its films stars and director Jake Kasdan.

I haven’t really felt hyped about this film when the trailers for it first came out and this featurette doesn’t actually offer anything new either that gets me excited for this movie. Hopefully, its eclectic and diverse cast can create some exciting chemistry between all of the forced action sequences.

Below are some more photos from the film to whet your appetite before the film releases on December 20th of this year.

Last Updated: November 1, 2017

9 Comments

  1. Original Heretic

    November 1, 2017 at 13:30

    I’d love to see Johnson in a role like he had in Be Cool again. No over the top action. Just solid acting.

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    • Admiral Chief

      November 1, 2017 at 13:39

      Oh man, LOVED his acting in that movie, laughed my ass off

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      • Original Heretic

        November 1, 2017 at 13:42

        He was brilliant. There he was with all these huge names, and he totally outclassed them.
        But in Hollywood, if you have muscles, then you must be an action star.

        Have you seen that series he does? Ballers, I think it’s called. I’ve heard good things.

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  2. Magoo

    November 1, 2017 at 13:54

    Looking forward to seeing these actors playing their respective roles as the various teens. I think Jack Black will have a lot of fun playing an IT-girl!

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  3. HvR

    November 1, 2017 at 14:14

    Every time I see trailers and poster for the new Jumanji I get a feeling of deja vu … finally realised why
    https://resizing.flixster.com/lodwy_b3G8h9p5U5N5stJPNc4J0=/300×300/v1.aDs4NDA2NjtqOzE3NTA1OzEyMDA7MTAxMjsxNTAw

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  4. BakedBagel

    November 1, 2017 at 15:09

    Nobody asked for this

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