The Next JUMANJI Movie Is Already In Development According To Director Jake Kasdan

The Next JUMANJI Movie Is Already In Development According To Director Jake Kasdan

Both Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level exceeded expectations critically and financially, so it probably won't come as a surprise to learn that another instalment is on the way...

By JoshWilding - Apr 07, 2020 11:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Jumanji
Source: Collider

The original Jumanji movie was released in 1995, but 2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle reinvented the franchise and proved to be a huge success. Last year's The Next Level was also a hit, with a whopping $797 million at the worldwide box office and positive reviews

Despite COVID-19 putting Hollywood on hold for the foreseeable future, director Jake Kasdan - who helmed the reboot and its sequel - has confirmed that he's working on a follow-up.

"We were just getting into the conversation before this global calamity and we will re-engage it as soon as everybody’s settled," he said, confirming that the pandemic has slowed things down somewhat. However, he added that his hopes for the sequel are that it will be "exciting on its own two feet in a way that’s comparable to what the first two were for me."

Before we get too excited, though, the filmmaker was quick to point out that he's still in "the earliest days of trying to figure out what that would be."

Most intriguing, though, is what he had to say about Jurgen the Brutal (Game of Thrones star Rory McCann). It's previously been revealed that someone was playing as that character, and Kasdan noted that he "would love to" reveal that secret character in the next instalment. 

Oh, and talking of Jumanji: The Next Level, those of you who live in the UK might want to keep an eye out for the Blu-ray when it's released next week as it features a quote from ComicBookMovie.com!
 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 4/7/2020, 11:52 AM
Lets be honest, this post was only made so Josh could boast his quote being on the back of the blu-ray cover ;)
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 4/7/2020, 11:54 AM
@tmp3 - 😂

GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/7/2020, 11:58 AM
@tmp3 - Josh with the flex

Cbmfilmjunkie
Cbmfilmjunkie - 4/7/2020, 1:24 PM
@tmp3 - Can’t even blame him. That’s pretty cool. 👏🏽
FearTheLiving
FearTheLiving - 4/7/2020, 12:03 PM
Next Level wasn't as good and completely wasted Danny Glover and Danny Devito. The sequel looks more interesting but I'm sure they'll find away to get Rock and the game characters in there as well.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/7/2020, 12:09 PM
What would the 3rd one even be about? It can't be about the same main characters getting sucked into the game AGAIN. So they'll probably have to get a new group of young people or something.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 4/7/2020, 1:20 PM
@Nightwing1015 - I mean, they pretty explicitly set up the plot of the third movie at the end of the last one...
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/7/2020, 2:12 PM
@SerKurtWagner - Oh yeah, those creatures were loose in the real world. Totally forgot about that haha
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 4/7/2020, 12:10 PM
It'll be the characters from the game coming out into the real world and the kids showing them the ropes.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/7/2020, 12:35 PM
I’m glad there making sequel maybe kids will bigger parts instead of always being stuck in game and see avatars interact in real world will be interesting getting last action hero theme with this one
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/7/2020, 2:16 PM
Good because the cliffhanger of the last one was the biggest and the most exciting one so far and it opens up the possibility of having the avatars of the game to team up with the kids. Dream team!
Kadara
Kadara - 4/7/2020, 7:19 PM
Ahh, nice shoutout to Comicbookmovie website there! I really liked both these latest installments, they have surprisingly a lot of heart and moments that brought me to tears. The jokes were hit and miss but overall not too cheesy. Only complain I had were the villains in both were so cheesy.
doibydickles
doibydickles - 4/7/2020, 10:13 PM
So, someone was playing the character of Jurgen the Brutal? Perhaps someone from the original film? Since each avatar has 3 lives will Jurgen return? Remember in Welcome to the Jungle when Spencer was kissing Martha and the drums sounded? Could someone have gone into the game then? the school principal maybe? Could that person have been in the Jurgen avatar?

As far as what could come after the next film, the answer is simple, Zathura

I would also like the 3rd film to delve a bit more into how the game came to be.
vegetaray
vegetaray - 4/8/2020, 1:27 AM
I mean moving the film back into the real world, like the original Robin Williams movie seems like the next logical step after the last movie...

The main question I have is this: Do they bring the physical avatars over into the real world, like Van Pelt from the original for example? Or do they have the avatars inhabit the bodies of their real world counterparts?
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