Producer and frequent Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson collaborator Hiram Garcia has offered a hugely promising update for the highly anticipated sequel, Jumanji 4. Speaking with Collider, Garcia assured audiences that a further Jumanji adventure starring Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black is “definitely going to happen.” They just have to get a few other exciting projects out of the way first.
Since reinventing the world of Jumanji back in 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and its 2019 follow-up Jumanji: The Next Level, Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson’s continuation of the franchise has been hugely successful with both audiences and critics alike. Both outings have brought in box office earnings to the tune of almost a billion dollars each, so it makes sense that Garcia and Sony are eager to bring Jumanji 4 to the big screen as soon as they can.
“Jumanji is definitely going to happen. Obviously Jake Kasdan is directing ‘Red One’ [upcoming Prime Video holiday movie], so right now he’s working on that. But we have a ton of Jumanji conversations. We actually have a great take on what we’re going to do for the next movie. So I know in talking with Jake, once he comes clear of Red One, that’s going to be his next priority for him and that’s something we definitely want to make.”
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Hiram Garcia Has Teased the Epic Scope of Jumanji 4
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Jumanji: The Next Level wrapped things up with a tease of things to come, with a mid-credits scene hinting at the game world leaking into the real world, much like in the first Jumanji. While we do not know whether this will be the direction of Jumanji 4, Garcia has hinted at big things to come.
Red One, meanwhile, will find Dwayne Johnson starring alongside Marvel star Chris Evans. Not much is known about the plot of Red One, but the project has been described as “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre.”
