Jumanji

Jumanji (1981)

Two children, Peter and Judy, find and play a game in which each roll of the dice brings the jungle from the game (as well as the creatures that live in it) to life around them. In order to reset the world around them, they must finish the game and make it to the titular city of gold. Afterward, they get rid of the game which is found by their next-door neighbors, two young brothers.

Zathura (2002)

Brothers Danny and Walter, neighbors of Peter and Judy from the previous book, find Jumanji but ultimately choose not to play it. Instead, they find a similar game on the same board with a space theme, Zathura, which they begin to play. As with Jumanji, playing Zathura brings elements of the game into reality, and in order to set everything back to normal, the boys must complete the game.

Jumanji (1995)

Two children find and play a magical board game. In doing so, they release a man trapped for decades in the game and a host of dangers from the jungle that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game.

Though there are no direct references to Jumanji in Zathura: A Space Adventure and the movie's plot is self-contained, the studio marketed it as being set within the same fictional universe, and is thematically similar to the other franchise installments. The film is based on the children's book Zathura, also written by Van Allsburg, which was a sequel to the Jumanji novel. Despite the film's placement within the same fictional universe, director Jon Favreau discourages the notion that the film is a direct sequel, having not particularly liked Jumanji.^[4]

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

Twenty-two years after the events of the original film, after being ignored for more modern entertainment, the board game magically becomes a video game. Four high school teenagers are transported to the game's jungle setting and become the avatars of the characters they chose, and later discover another victim trapped in the game as well. The only way out is to complete the game and in doing so, they each discover the best of themselves and win with a newfound heroism to see the challenge through. The film served as a direct sequel to the 1995 film.

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

The team of friends return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own but discover that nothing is as they expect. The players need to brave parts unknown, from arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.

Jumanji: Open World (2026)

In December 2019, Dwayne Johnson revealed that the next installment in the franchise would reveal that the villain from The Next Level, Jurgen the Brutal, was an avatar in the game and that the identity of the player controlling him would be explored.^[5]

In March 2020, Jake Kasdan confirmed early developments for a follow-up film.^[6][7] Kasdan confirmed plans to maintain the core cast of the previous two films.^[8] The following month, the filmmaker stated that the story for the next installment was in development.^[9] It was later reported that the follow-up film was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10] In October 2022, producer Hiram Garcia stated that Kasdan would prioritize the next Jumanji movie, following the completion of his directorial responsibilities on Red One (2024).^[11] In March 2023, cast member Kevin Hart indicated that the film currently in development would be the final film in the series.^[12] In October 2024, the movie was given a release date.^[13][14] Marketing commenced for the project with a promotional poster release at the 2025 CinemaCon.^[15] By November 2024, Kasdan expressed interest in having Kirsten Dunst and Bonnie Hunt reprise their roles from the original film.^[16]

In October 2025, it was announced that Brittany O'Grady and Burn Gorman had joined the cast; with principal photography scheduled to commence the following month.^[17]

Jumanji: Open World was scheduled to be released theatrically on December 11, 2026.^[13] On March 24, 2026, the release date was delayed by two weeks to its current release date of December 25, 2026.^[1]

Jumanji (1996–1999)

Jumanji was an animated television series inspired by the 1995 film which ran for three seasons from 1996 to 1999.

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