After the near billion-dollar success that was 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black are back for more video game adventures but this time, the game plays you.
In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
The action adventure comedy is directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Kasdan & Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg from the book Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg. It is produced by Matt Tolmach, Jake Kasdan, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia and also stars Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Alex Wolff with Danny Glover and Danny DeVito.
Jumanji: The Next Level uploads into theaters on December 13th from Sony and Columbia Pictures. Here’s the first trailer.
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