The ~twist~ for the new “Jumanji” movie has been revealed, and you’re going to like this
When the first still for the new Jumanji film was released, women everywhere groaned — with good reason. The still featured Kevin Hart, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Jack Black fully decked out in proper hiking garb while the only female in the group, Karen Gillan, was wearing a midriff shirt and short shorts in the middle of a jungle.
Gillan and the cast warned that her character being another badass woman forced to wear unnecessarily skimpy clothing in the jungle wasn’t what it seemed. Admittedly, we were skeptical, but now that the premise and first footage have been released at CinemaCon, it makes a lot more sense.
While fans will remember the original Jumangi as a board game that comes to life, in the sequel (not a reboot) Jumangi: Welcome to the Jungle, the premise is four teens in detention who get sucked into a video game version of the original board game. The avatars are played by Hart, Johnson, Black, and Gillan.
I love the premise of the new #Jumanji. The teens turn INTO the characters in the game, so a pretty girl is stuck in Jack Black's body, etc.
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) March 28, 2017
And yes, Karen Gillan's character's outfit is part of the joke/premise, thank god. #Jumanji
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) March 28, 2017
We’re so happy to hear that Gillan’s outfit has an actual purpose.
Additionally, producer Matt Tolmach, opened up to Deadline about turning Jumanji from a board game into a old video game.
He said, “The walls between our reality and entertainment are becoming virtually transparent or invisible. The whole idea behind this movie is that you literally inhabit a game We all think of games as something you play, and then it’s time for dinner, or you need to go to work or do your homework, and you walk away from the game. But if you’re actually in a game, those rules are very different and the stakes of that game become very real.
Not going to lie, this seems pretty cool and we can’t wait until December 22nd to see it! Hopefully this means we’re one step closer to an Oregon Trail movie.
