It’s not enough that Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan have reunited for the fourth installment of Columbia Pictures’ "Jumanji," but now many of the supporting players have joined as well.
Nick Jonas, Danny DeVito, Bebe Neuwirth, Lamorne Morris, Marin Hinkle, and Rhys Darby are also on the call sheet for production, which began this week in Los Angeles with director Jake Kasdan.
Dan Hildebrand (Game of Thrones) and Jack Jewkes (Criminal Minds) will also star.
"Jumanji" is based on the 1981 picture book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg that featured an enchanted board game come to life. That was the general basis of Sony’s beloved 1995 movie starring Robin Williams.
"Jumanji" received a modern all-star update in 2017 with "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," with the board game now being a video game and the trappings of a body-switching movie: four teens find themselves trapped in the game while inhabiting adult-like avatars (Johnson, Hart, Black, Gillan).
The movie grossed $962.5 million worldwide, launching a franchise. The sequel, "Jumanji: Next Level", was released in 2019 and grossed $800 million globally.
Plot details are being kept in the vault, but it is known that Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg wrote the script.
Jonas is reprising his role as “Seaplane” McDonough, a pilot in the video game while Darby is back as Nigel Billingsley, the game’s field guide.
DeVito returns as Eddie, the grandfather of Spencer, the character whose video game avatar is inhabited by Johnson. Hinkle is Spencer’s mother.
Neuwirth appeared in the original Williams movie and came back for "Jumanji: Next Level". Morris made a cameo in the pic as Heater Guy.
Matt Tolmach, Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Kasdan are producing the new installment, which has a release date of December 11, 2026.
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