TheJumanjijungle has been unleashed at CinemaCon.
Dwayne Johnson,Kevin Hart, andJack Blackreunited during Sony's presentation in Las Vegas on Monday to introduce the first look at the fourthJumanjifilm and announce its official title:Jumanji: Open World.
"It's the biggest of the franchise so far," Johnson teased.
TheMoanaactor also paid tribute to the movie star who launched theJumanjiseries in 1995. "This whole franchise would not have started or happened or kicked off in this really beautiful way without one man, and that'sRobin Williams," he said, prompting thunderous applause.
He also noted that the new film features an Easter egg that pays homage to theDead Poets Societyactor that's in "every single scene" of the movie.
"If you don't know already, it's one half of the original dice that was used in the originalJumanji," Johnson said. "Robin, as we like to say, this one's for you."
Johnson had previouslyteasedhowJumanji: Open World's Easter egg nods to Williams. "This is the dice from the originalJumanjiwith Robin Williams as a show of respect," Johnson said in a video taken on set while showing off his necklace, which featured a board game die as its pendant. "[It's] a way of honoring Robin and this entire franchise that he started as we film our very lastJumanji. The big finale."
During the CinemaCon presentation, the trio of stars also introduced the first trailer forOpen World, which picked up with the cliffhanger that ended 2019'sJumanji: The Next Level, wherein a repairman (Lamorne Morris) accidentally activated the magical video game at the franchise's center and inadvertently brought elements from theJumanjigame into the real world.
The trailer then reveals that theJumanjivideo game characters portrayed by Johnson, Hart, Black, and Karen Gillan have been transported into the real world.
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"Dr. Bravestone, I'm so glad I found you," Spencer (Alex Wolff) says as he approaches Johnson's character in a restaurant.
"Of course you are, because of my reputation and my charisma!" Bravestone responds in an over-the-top Spanish accent.
The trailer also shows various shots ofJumanjielements invading an urban landscape, including Komodo dragons slithering through city streets and a Rhino bursting through the walls of a building.
There are also numerous shots of theJumanjiavatars back in the jungle of the game, with Hart's character riding a motorcycle, Gillan and Johnson's characters in a slick sports car, and Black riding…a Segway.
Based on Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 picture book of the same name,Jumanjifirst hit theaters in 1995. The film revolved around Alan Parrish, a young boy who's sucked into the world of a magic board game and reemerges 26 years later as a grown man portrayed by Williams. Grossing over $260 million worldwide on a $65 million budget, the film was widely beloved, but didn't receive a proper sequel for over two decades.
Johnson and co. breathed new life into the franchise with 2017'sJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which saw the central group of teenagers swept away into the world of Jumanji via a supernatural video game console. The film introduced body-swap antics into the series, as each of the adolescent characters embodied a grown-up gaming avatar while trapped in the game.
AfterWelcome to the Junglegrossed an astounding $962 million on a $90 million budget, the cast quickly returned for 2019's follow-upThe Next Level, which saw the teens return to the game and brought Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, and Awkwafina into the fold.
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Jumanji: Open Worldhits theaters on Christmas Day.
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