The new take on enchanted board game film Jumanji already boasts Central Intelligence pair Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. Now, upping the potential comedy quotient, it has Jack Black in talks to join them.
Johnson and Hart were confirmed a couple of weeks ago and now Black – who you'd think would know not to unleash strange forces after Goosebumps – is considering joining them.
Originally touted back in 2012, this fresh adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 adventure book has been in development since then, and scored Jake Kasdan as director in January of this year.
The 1996 version saw Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce as two kids who decide to play an old board game they find. Unbeknownst to them, it’s a magical item that can trap the unwary, and the sprogs release Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who had been sealed within the game’s jungle realm for years. But though he’s glad to be out, the kids’ actions also release a lot of other chaos into the world.
With Johnson quick to say that the new film will honour Williams' memory, it's clear that there will be some big changes in this version, not to mention the sort of effects techniques the 1990s movie could only dream about. With a July 2017 release date already on the books, The Wrap reports that shooting for this one is currently scheduled for August in Hawaii.