Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2017 American adventure comedy film^[3]^[6] directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg, and Jeff Pinkner, from a story by McKenna. It is a part of the Jumanji franchise, serving as a sequel to Jumanji (1995), which is based on the 1981 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. The film also pays tribute to Robin Williams, star of the first film, through a mention of his character's name.^[7] The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, and Bobby Cannavale. The film was released in Real D 3D and IMAX.

Set twenty-one years after the first film, the plot follows four teenagers who are transported into the video game world of Jumanji, playing as the characters they chose. Uniting with another player, they must overcome the game's magical power in order to win and return home.

Principal photography began in Hawaii in September 2016. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle premiered at the Grand Rex in Paris on December 5, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 20, 2017. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who called it a "pleasant surprise" and praised the cast.^[8] The film has grossed $931 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2017 and the 44th-highest-grossing film of all time.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jake Kasdan
Produced by	Matt Tolmach William Teitler
Screenplay by	Chris McKenna Erik Sommers Scott Rosenberg Jeff Pinkner
Story by	Chris McKenna
Based on	Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Starring	Dwayne Johnson Jack Black Kevin Hart Karen Gillan Nick Jonas Bobby Cannavale
Music by	Henry Jackman^[1]
Cinematography	Gyula Pados
Edited by	Mark Helfrich Steve Edwards
Production company	Columbia Pictures^[2] Matt Tolmach Productions^[2] Radar Pictures^[2] Seven Bucks Productions^[2]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing^[2]
Release date	December 5, 2017 (Grand Rex) December 20, 2017(United States)
Running time	119 minutes^[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90–110 million^[4]^[5]
Box office	$931.1 million^[4]

Cast

Alex Wolff as Spencer Gilpin, a nerdy gamer at Brantford High School who goes to detention with Fridge, Martha, and Bethany, for writing Fridge's homework for him; he discovers the Jumanji video game. He later becomes Martha's love interest. He is credited as "Young Spencer".
- Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Smolder Bravestone, an archaeologist and explorer who is Spencer's avatar. Bravestone's strengths are stamina, courage, reflexes, climbing, smoldering intensity, and boomerang throwing. Being the archetypically masculine, intelligent, and courageous video game hero of the story, he apparently has no weaknesses. He is credited as "Spencer".
Madison Iseman as Bethany Walker, a pretty and popular yet narcissistic and self-centered teenage girl at Brantford High School who goes to detention with Spencer, Fridge, and Martha, after talking on her phone during a quiz and displaying an arrogant contempt towards her class in the process. She is credited as "Young Bethany".
- Jack Black as Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon, a cartographer, cryptographer, archaeologist and paleontologist who is Bethany's avatar after mistaking the character's name ("Shelly") for that of a woman. Though Oberon's strengths are his fields of expertise, because of his state of being as "an overweight, middle-aged man", he lacks in endurance. He/she is credited as "Bethany".
Ser'Darius Blain as Anthony "Fridge" Johnson, a Brantford High School football jock who lacks confidence to succeed academically and goes to detention with Spencer, Martha, and Bethany for having Spencer write his essays for him and is also kicked off his football team. He discovers the bowling ball in detention that the four use to destroy the game at the end of the film. He is credited as "Young Fridge".
- Kevin Hart as Franklin "Mouse" Finbar, a zoologist and weapons specialist who is Fridge's avatar due to the game's font causing Fridge to misread the character's nickname as "Moose". Finbar's status as weapons specialist makes him Bravestone's weapon valet (having everything Bravestone needs in his signature backpack). He is nicknamed "Mouse" for his short stature; though it degrades him of speed and strength, Fridge uses this in the climax of the film to rendezvous with the others on the back of an elephant that was charging at him earlier. Cake makes him explode and lose a life. He is credited as "Fridge".
Morgan Turner as Martha Kaply, a teenage girl at Brantford High School who goes to detention with Spencer, Fridge, and Bethany, for objecting to physical education class and disregarding her teacher. She later becomes Spencer's love-interest. She is credited as "Young Martha".
- Karen Gillan as Ruby Roundhouse, a commando, martial artist, and dance fighter who is Martha's avatar (after Martha was peer-pressured into playing with the others). Roundhouse is proficient in karate, tai chi, jujutsu and dance fighting. Similar to Bravestone, Roundhouse is the archetypically intelligent, athletic, beautiful, and scantily clad video game heroine of the story, with her only weakness being venom, such as that found in various animals in the game. She is credited as "Martha".
Mason Guccione as Alex Vreeke, a teenage boy who played, and was trapped inside, the Jumanji video game for 20 years. He is credited as "Young Alex".

Colin Hanks as Adult Alex Vreeke
Nick Jonas as Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough, Alex Vreeke's avatar. McDonough is a mysterious guide, adventurer, and pilot in the game, who waits for and joins the other avatars as they attempt to escape Jumanji. McDonough's strengths are piloting and making margaritas that "Mouse"/"Fridge" takes a liking to. His only weakness is mosquito bites, which is bad for him and all the more ironic since the jungle, being a tropical one, is teeming with mosquitoes. He is credited as "Alex".^[9] During his twenty-year absence, he lives in a treehouse built and once occupied by Alan Parrish (previously portrayed by Robin Williams and Adam Hann-Byrd in the 1995 film Jumanji).