The new Jumanji franchise stars The Rock(Dwayne Johnson), Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black. Jumanji managed to find a way to incorporate being contemporary while exercising the magic of the original movie from 1995.
The new franchise might be successful simply because of the new cast and how their characters and personalities meshed into something that keeps bringing back fans. Mainly, the banter and relationship between Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson always lead to high box office numbers.
At the Oscars, Kevin Hart revealed to Variety that he and Johnson are working on the next chapter of Jumanji, which will be part of the pair’s “final chapter.”
Hart says: “We’re talking about, of course, another ‘Jumanji.’ That’s been a conversation. [We’re] just figuring out the thing that can act as what would or could be the final chapter of he and I. We feel we need something big to put our duo to an end and not just leave it undone like something that we can say, ’this is going to be our last and final movie.”
Some of the best moments in the last few years have been the interviews between Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, and it is a bit sad that there will be a definite end to their “buddy” films. The good news is they plan to be in at least one more Jumanji.
Jumanji: The Next Level was the second of the new franchise and technically the third Jumanji film. The post-credits scene for this sequel showed a mechanic, played by Lamorne Morris of New Girl fame, messing with the video game console that transported the kids into the world of Jumanji.
Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson have been talking about doing another #Jumanji movie. https://t.co/K9nuU8Gb8S pic.twitter.com/9kvupVBq6R
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
