Jack Black & Dwayne Johnson’s $962M Sequel To Stream on Netflix
A 2017 action-comedy starring Jack Black and Dwayne Johnson is coming to Netflix next month. The film is a follow-up to the 1995 iconic film and reimagines the story for the modern world. It went on to earn nearly $1 billion at the box office.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle streams on Netflix in April
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will stream on Netflix from Sunday, April 5, 2026.
The film begins in 1996, when a boy named Alex finds the Jumanji board game on a beach. Unlike in the original film, Alex finds a game cartridge inside the board. When he plays it that night, he gets sucked into the game and is presumed missing in the real world.
21 years later, in 2017, four high school students—Spencer, Fridge, Bethany, and Martha—find the game during their detention and decide to play it. When they start the game, all four are pulled in. Within the game, they take on the avatars of the characters they selected earlier. To escape, they must complete a quest to return a stolen jewel and lift a curse.
Jake Kasdan helmed the film with a script by Chris McKenna. The cast features Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Morgan Turner, Madison Iseman, and Nick Jonas.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle premiered worldwide on December 20, 2017. Both the critics and audiences were very receptive to the modern reimagining of a classic. The film currently has a 77% Tomatometer score and 87% Popcornmeter on Rotten Tomatoes. It also became a commercial success, earning roughly $962.5 million globally (via Box Office Mojo). Furthermore, a sequel, Jumanji: The Next Level, followed in 2019.
Reportedly, a sequel to the 1995 Jumanji was in the works after its success. The studio considered various iterations of the film. When they later approached Robin Williams to reprise his role as Alan Parrish, he reportedly declined. The studio later dismissed the idea of Jumanji 2 and made Zathura: A Space Adventure.
Source: Comingsoon.net