Despite some initial apprehension, the recentJumanjisequels starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart have been a huge success, with audiences wondering whetherJumanji 4will ever materialise. Well, Hiram Garcia, President of Production at Seven Bucks Productions, has now revealed that conversations are “100%” happening behind-the-scenes, with studio planning something big for the next installment.
“You know, we’re alwayshaving conversations, and that’s a family, that entire group if there’s ever been. It’s hard to imagine or remember a time I’ve been on a set where it’s just a beloved group of cast and crew and actors and that’s just one of those things where we know we have a really big idea that we want to do with it. We’ve been discussing it.”
The last entry in the franchise, 2019’sJumanji: The Next Level, takes place two years after 2017’sJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, reuniting the same group of teenagers, along with an old friend and two unwitting additions, who all find themselves trapped in Jumanji. There, they all find themselvesfacing new problems and challengeswith both old and new avatars while having to save the land from a new villain in order to escape.
The Next Levelwrapped things up with amid-credits scene that hints at the game world leaking into the real worldmuch like in the firstJumanji, and while Garcia refuses to give anything away regarding the direction of the fourth movie, he is more than happy to tease the sheer scope of the project.
“There’s conversations have been going we’re in the process of moving that along. I can’t tell you anything, but we do have big plans for it and that’s one of our favorite projects to work on and that’s cooking away.”
Bringing the video game world into reality like in the Robin Williams classic, and thus merging the adult cast of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillen and Jack Black with the teenage cast would certainly be a big move for the franchise, givingJumanji 4a much larger playground to mess around in. A lot of the franchise’s continued success has been due to the chemistry between the two different casts of characters, and thankfully Jake Kasdan, who directed bothJumanji: Welcome to the JungleandJumanji: The Next Level, recently hinted at the return of the principal cast. “The whole thing, to me, is built on the foundation of those people,” Kasdan said. “The game cast are these brilliant movie stars, these iconic people.”
BothWelcome to the JungleandThe Next Levelwere both a critical success, with both audiences and critics alike left very pleasantly surprised by the continuation of such a cherished franchise. Both movies have also found huge critical success, withWelcome to the Junglegrossing over $962 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2017.
With this in mind,Jumanji 4is surely a cinematic inevitability, and while very little is known about the project at present, it is certainly something audiences would love to see happen as soon as possible. This comes to us courtesy ofComicbook.com.
