Jumanji 3 Will Have More Connections To The Original Film

AlthoughJumanji : receive to the Jungleonly had tenuous address to the first film , Jumanji 3will continue to touch base the series to the original movie . Welcome to the Junglewas a follow - up to Joe Johnston ’s originalJumanjiwhich released in 1995 . It star Robin Williams and centered around two kids who wound up play a board plot that take the creatures and the globe of Jumanji to lifetime .

Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungletook that idea and flipped it on its head , sucking the players into the plot itself . for appear more relevant for modern audiences , Jumanji was converted to a video game . Fans of Williams were no doubt skeptical of filmmakers defecate anotherJumanjifilm since the original is beloved by sports fan ; however , Dwayne Johnson was quick to point out that thenew cinema was actually a sequel , not a reboot . Johnson alsopromised to honor William ’s characterAlan Parrish in the sequel , which they did by show Nick Jonas ' case , Seaplane McDonough , take refuge in a tree house that Parrish progress . While it was a small reference , director Jake Kasdan confirmed thatJumanji 3would again cite the first film .

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When speak withSlashfilm , Kasdan explained how the thirdJumanjifilm would join with both of the previous movies . While he admits thatJumanji 3is mostly a continuation ofWelcome to the Jungle , Kasdan comment that , " Our Bob Hope is to keep a long continuity through the whole thing . We love the idea of preserve all of this together and link in some elbow room or another . ” Slashfilm also report that Kasdan is still trying to make a Christmas 2019 release day of the month whichJohnson had previously support .

Even though Kasdan did n’t go into detail on how the new sequel would incorporate the first pic , it ’s likely that the third movie ’s references will be comparable toWelcome to the Jungle . The sequel handle to have aRobin Williams tributewithout intemperately relying on the movie , allowingWelcome to the Jungleto become its own unique take on Chris Van Allsburg ’s picture book .

It was n’t much of a surprisal when the third film was annunciate sinceJumanji : receive to the Junglewas a huge success for Sony . TheJumanjisequel even originate to becomeSony ’s most successful film everat the domestic box office , beating out Sam Raimi ’s originalSpider - Manwhich previously held the record for Sony ’s gamy grossing film . IfJumanji3remains on path , it will be unfreeze in December 2019 , which imply it will once again be going up against aStar Warsfilm at the box function . Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungledid pretty well againstThe Last Jedi , but only time will severalize if Kasdan can repeat his success whenJumanji 3hits theatre next winter .