Jumanji: The Next Level is the third film in the Jumanji franchise and the direct sequel to Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle!
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film!
- Jumanji: The Next Level is a 2019 American fantasy adventure comedy film
- It is directed by Jake Kasdan
- It is written by Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg
- It is the second sequel to 1995’s Jumanji
- Following 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
- And the fourth installment, overall, in the Jumanji franchise
- The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser’Darius Blain, and Madison Iseman, reprising their roles from the previous film
- Alongside newcomers Awkwafina, Danny Glover, and Danny DeVito
- It is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 13, 2019 by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label
- Unknown to his friends, Spencer kept the pieces of the Jumanji video game and one day repaired the system in the basement of his mother’s house
- When Spencer’s friends Bethany, Fridge, and Martha arrive, they find Spencer missing and the game running and decide to re-enter Jumanji to save him
- Spencer’s grandfather Eddie and his friend Milo Walker hear the commotion and inadvertently get sucked into the game too before any of Spencer’s friends can select their avatars
- With a new quest offered to them by Nigel Billingsley who claims that one of them will not make it out of this adventure alive
- The teenaged friends must help Eddie and Milo get used to their in-game avatars, get them to help find Spencer, and escape Jumanji again, once and for all
- After the release of the previous film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, and Nick Jonas had discussed in interviews what a possible Jumanji sequel would be about
- Including the possibility of the film exploring the origins of the titular game
- Karen Gillan had also said that the alternate ending for Welcome to the Jungle would have left the door open for another movie
- In February 2018, it was announced that Kasdan would direct the sequel
- With Rosenberg and Pinkner again writing the script
- And Johnson, Hart, Black, and Gillan reprising their roles
- On February 22, 2019, Black confirmed the new film as being a fourth Jumanji film because of Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
- Serving as the second film and sharing continuity with the other films of the series
- With Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle serving as the third film
- In July 2019, the film’s title was revealed as Jumanji: The Next Level
- In January 2019, Awkwafina, Danny DeVito, and Danny Glover joined the film
- In February 2019, it was announced Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Nick Jonas were announced to reprise their roles
- In March 2019, Dania Ramirez joined the cast of the film
- That same month, it was announced Rhys Darby would reprise his role in the film
- In May 2019, it was announced Colin Hanks would reprise his role
- Filming began on January 21, 2019, and took place in Atlanta, New Mexico, Calgary, Fortress Mountain Resort and Hawaii before wrapping on May 11
- Johnson made a reported $23.5 million for his role
- Henry Jackman is set to create the musical score after having worked on the previous film
- In the United States and Canada, the film is scheduled to be released in on December 13, 2019
- The film was released on December 5, 2019 in China, Singapore, Malaysia and several other Asian countries
- In the Nordic countries and the Netherlands the film premiered in cinemas on December 6, 2019
- The film’s Australian release date is December 26, 2019
- The first trailer was released on July 1, 2019
- A second and final trailer was released on October 31, 2019
- In the United States and Canada, Jumanji: The Next Level will be released alongside Black Christmas and Richard Jewell
- It is projected to gross around $40 million in its opening weekend
- The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 78%
- Based on 51 reviews
- With an average rating of 6.22/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “Like many classic games, Jumanji: The Next Level retains core components of what came before while adding enough fresh bits to keep things playable”
- Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 58 out of 100
- Based on 16 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
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