Faced with the box office might of Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three on the 18th December (titled by fans as Dunesday). Jumanji 3 has chosen to roll the dice and land on a safer release date, two weeks after its scheduled debut.
The film is now set to release on Christmas Day, a common release time for family-friendly Jumanji movies, with the 1995 action-adventure comedy starring Robin Williams releasing on the 15th December that year. With the first instalment of the current franchise, Welcome to the Jungle, opening on the 20th December to major box office success, earning over $960 million worldwide. The sequel Jumanji: The Next Level followed with over $800 million worldwide.
The original Jumanji starred Williams and Kirsten Dunst, following a group of kids who unleash a safari game into the reality of their hometown, adapted from the fantasy children’s picture book by Chris Van Allsburg.
But the Jumanji reboot features a modern twist by focusing on four teenagers who play a magical video game, drawn to the world of Jumanji, where they are trapped as their avatars. The franchise stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan.
Danny Devito, Nick Jonas, Marin Hinkle, Bebe Neuwirth, Lamorne Morris, and Rhys Darby also return for the third instalment, as do Madison Iseman, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain and Morgan Turner, with Dan Hildebrand and Jack Jewkes joining the cast.
Director Jake Kasdan returns to direct the third film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg. Matt Tolmach, Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Kasdan produced the movie.
Jumanji 3 is now set to open on December 25th(U.S).
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