Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that production is underway on the as - yet untitledJumanji : Welcome to the Junglesequel ( aka . Jumanji 3 ) . The originalJumanjimovie hit theaters back in 1995 and was itself slackly ground on the instance tyke ’s book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg . While the film make sundry reviews upon its release , it was a box seat government agency success in theaters and   went on to become a nostalgic classic for many a child of the ' 90s . As such , fans   has complicated tactile sensation when it was denote that Johnson would be starring in   a soft reboot or partial continuation of the 1995 flick titledWelcome to the Jungle .

However , thanks to a compounding of the celluloid ’s magnetic performances and its originative TV game spin on the theme of the enchanted Jumanji display board game , Welcome to the Junglehit it off with critics and general audience likewise . Powered by its enthusiastic word of back talk , the late 2017 spillage move on to gross $ 962 million at the global box office , thus ensuring that a thirdJumanjiadventure would hail to pass . It did n’t take long forSony to confirm a December 2019 release datefor the film either , with Johnson and his costars reprising their roles and Jake Kasdan once again directing . Now , with   almost exactly ten calendar month to go before it hits house , filming is fully underway .

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Johnson , who remain as social media savvy as ever ,   take toTwitterto reassert that the   cameras are now rolling on theWelcome to the Junglesequel . He also posted a photo   of theJumanjivideo biz magazine from the picture ’s hardening , as you may see below .

You might recall thatWelcome to the Jungleended withthe film ’s teenaged characters- all of whom are reprize their roles   for the sequel - smash the Jumanji magazine to piece and walking off triumphantly . Needless to say , it takes more than that to stop the charming game from coming back for good , as bear witness by its miraculous recuperation in this set prototype . Speaking of getting even : Johnson will be joined in the nextJumanjimovie by his costars Kevin Hart , Jack Black , Karen Gillan , and Nick Jonasas the various characters that subsist within the world of Jumanji itself . However , since   story detail are being kept under - wrap for the meter being , it ’s not clear yet ifWelcome to the Jungle ’s real - world teenagers ( Ser’Darius Blain , Alex Wolff , Madison Iseman , Morgan Turner ) are going to be once again " playing " Johnson and his fella in - game avatars   in the raw film or not .

It ’s quite potential that one or more of the franchise newcomers in the newJumanjimovie are going to be   venturing into the virtual hobo camp or else , this sentence around . So far , the confirmed fresh improver includeAwkwafina(Crazy Rich Asians),Danny DeVito(It ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ) , andDanny Glover(Sorry to Bother You ) , all of whom are   reportedly tackle crucial roles in the film . Of course , part of the fun of the revampedJumanjiconcept is that   anyone can " play " any of the avatars in the Jumanji game itself , and that will no doubt keep to be the pillow slip here . It ’s fun to imagineJumanji ’s leads   channeling any one of their costars , so who cognise : Gillan may yet get to " play " an old maninJumanji 3 , like she told us she wanted to curtly afterWelcome to the Junglefirst come up out .

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