The Return of Jumanji
Given that the latest installment of the decades old franchise known as Jumanji grossed a whopping $800 million in the box office only a few short years ago, it comes as no surprise that we could be seeing the return of this pop culture giant. Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson’s longtime producing partner, shared that while we can certainly look forward to The Rock embodying Black Adam, we can also expect to see him and his Jumanji co-stars together again.
Garcia spoke with Collider and gave fans a little insight on the rumored return to Jumanji, "It's going to happen. It's going to happen, for sure. We have a really big vision for that third Jumanji movie," Garcia shared. "We just were discussing the pitch the other day. We're bringing it into Sony shortly. But that movie's going to happen. It's going to happen after Red One, but that timing actually works out well with all of the actors scheduled anyway. As you can imagine, Kevin [Hart] is super busy doing a million things, just like DJ is. All of the actors are super busy. So the timing is going to work out great, but we have a really great pitch for the movie we're about to bring into the studio, probably going to get a script written soon. Sometime after Red One, Jumanji's going to be on deck once it's ready to go, and we have a really big vision for that movie."
Garcia continued to say, "We love it, and we love that Jumanji family. That cast, the group of filmmakers, it's one of our favorite experiences, love that whole team, Matt Tolmach, Jake Kasdan. But then when you're having Jack [Black] and Karen [Gillan] and Kevin, again, another one of those special movies where you have just a bunch of giant megastar actors, and it's just all the best. Those sets are one of the most fun sets you could ever be on. Everyone is so kind, so delightful. They all get along so well. It's such a family that making those movies is just a true joy. Whenever we can do them, we love to come back for it, so that's always a priority for us. That's a big one for us that we definitely want to be able to come back and tell that third movie." There can be no doubt that the resurgence of Jumanji will be yet another moment in cinematic history that we should all start preparing for if its predecessors are any indication.