"Jumanji" Sequel Ditches the Board Game
In case you haven’t heard, a new Jumanji movie is coming. It’s not a remake, but a sequel to the 1995 film starring Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and a cursed board game that served as the basis for the countless nightmares I had as a child. (The self-moving player pieces were too much for me). On Monday, Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas, and their cast mates for the new Jumanji, which also has a new title, Welcome to the Jungle, descended upon the annual CinemaCon in Las Vegas to release new details on their movie.
Perhaps the most shocking reveal is the fact that the cursed board game will be replaced by what The Wrap reports as a “90s-era video game console.” A group of “misbehaving teens” will discover the console during detention, after which they are sucked into the game and turned into avatars played by The Rock, your bae Nick Jonas, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan (Nebula from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise).
The Wrap adds that the sequel will have one major throwback to the original: a scene involving a rhino stampede, only this time, the rhinos will look even better with all the groundbreaking CGI technology of the 21st century.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle opens Dec. 22.
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