The Subsequent ‘Jumanji’ Film is Turning into a Franchise Reunion

Only a few days in the past, we realized Jumanji 3—technically the fourth, however we kinda can’t depend the unique right here—was taking place, and would put a bow on these online game films. The core quartet of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black are all again, and so they received’t be alone.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Danny DeVito, Bebe Neuwirth, Lamorne Morris, Marin Hinkle, Nick Jonas and Rhys Darby are all returning for this subsequent installment. All six had been current in 2019’s The Next Level, with Jonas and Darby enjoying recreation characters Seaplane McDonough and Nigel Billingsley. In the true world, DeVito and Hinkle had been the respective grandfather and mom of Eddie, one of many predominant children first sucked into the online game. Morris cameoed in Subsequent Stage as a “Heater Man,” and Neuwirth additionally cameoed, reprising her function as Nora Shepard from the unique Robin Williams movie.

There’s additionally some new blood coming in Sons of Anarchy actor Dan Hildebrand and Legal Minds’ Jack Jewkes becoming a member of the forged. Their roles are at present high secret, ditto the movie’s plot, which’ll decide up the place Subsequent Stage left off. In the event you haven’t seen it shortly and forgot, a repairman unintentionally mounted the Jumanji recreation, after which in-game animals burst into the true world, with the implication being the kids’ avatars adopted swimsuit. Past that, there’s no specifics on what shenanigans await the characters subsequent.

Manufacturing on Jumanji 3 (or 4) solely began this week, and we’ll study extra about it—together with its title—forward of its December 11, 2026 launch.

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